Hyderabad: A group of students today held a protest at the Osmania University here, a day after the alleged suicide of a pupil, police said.

However, the situation in the campus was peaceful, they said.

Except a silent protest near the Arts College, no other major agitation took place in the campus, said a police official.

A 20-year-old student of the city-based university apparently committed suicide yesterday by hanging himself, police had said.

After learning about the alleged suicide, a large number of students gathered near the hostel yesterday.