Imphal, February 19, 2010: Students of Jawaharlal Navodaya Vidyalaya located at Liwa Sarei in Chandel district today held a sit-in-protest against brutal assault on some students by outsiders on the school campus today.

The incident happened after a fight between two students of Class XI Science and Class VIII, who both stay together at Siwalic House of the Vidalaya yesterday around 6 am.

The two students quarrelled using harsh words.

Another student of Class XI who also stays in the same house intervened and tried to stop their quarrel.

Then the student of Class VIII turned his anger to the third student resulting in a physical fight between the two.

The student of the class VIII reportedly sustained minor injuries in the fight.

Later the principal and some teachers of the Vidalaya managed to bring a compromise between the students and advised them not to indulge in quarrels like that again, and allowed them to return to the house.

Reports said, then the student of the Class VIII took out pass and went home then returned to the house along with his father and some other people.

They ransacked the beds and clothes of the two students of Class XI with who the boy had quarrelled, and tore up the clothes on their beds and broke their belongings.

They also looked for the two students.

The intruding group including the father of the Class VIII boy then found one of the two Class XI boys and beat him up badly by kicking and punching.

The principal and some teachers came to the house and consoled the attacking party.

The Class XI boy sustained injuries, and is reported to be treated at RIMS Hospital presently.

Enraged and saddened by the senseless assault, the students of the Vidyalaya today got together and held a protest demonstration.

The students held placards with the slogans "Don't disturb our peaceful environment," "We strongly condemn the beating of students on the campus," "Give appropriate punishment to the culprits," "We condemn violence against students," "Don't break the pillar of the nation," etc.

A senior student told this correspondent that such incidents should not be allowed to occure again at the Vidyalaya where students of various communities are studying together.

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