Tension prevailed at PG College of Law located on Nizam College  campus in Basheerbagh on Monday morning when a law student locked himself up in a room and threatened to commit suicide if his demands were not met.

Following this, the college administration had to shift the ongoing semester exam venue to another building on the campus.

At around 8.30 am Ateeq, an LLB III year student of PG College of Law entered the college premises and locked himself up in a room. He worked as an assistant to a city-based advocate.

According to Abids inspector K Shiva Kumar, Ateeq was carrying petrol in a plastic bottle and threatened to set himself ablaze if his demands were not met.

"Ateeq wanted that the law college students should be provided hostel facility on the Osmania University campus. He also demanded that OU law college faculty be deputed to teach them," the inspector said. The college administration along with police tried for over two hours to convince Ateeq to call off the protest but in vain. Finally at about 11 am, a team of cops gained entry into the building by opening the rear side iron grills using gas cutters and pinned him down.

Ateeq was arrested for attempting to commit suicide under section 309 of the IPC. "Due to the protest, the semester exam started 30 minutes late and it was held at Nizam College," the inspector said.