IMPHAL, April 10: Infuriated at the decision taken by the government to transfer headmaster of Lamding Model High School which is the lone model school in Thoubal district and subsequently posting of an Assistant Graduate Teacher as its headmaster in-charge, students of the school on Friday ransacked properties of the institute including furnitures.
The irate students also tore different books kept in the library of the school.
Peeved with the government`™s decision, the student protesters took out a rally from the school to the office of DC Thoubal and submitted a memorandum to the DC urging to fulfil their demands at the earliest.
After submitting the memorandum, the students came back to the school and started vandalizing its properties.
The tense situation was finally brought under control after a team of police led by SDPO Thoubal arrived at the spot.
Meanwhile, sources said the enraged students have decided to cease their agitation for three days following assurance given by MLA of Khangabok Constituency O Landhoni that their demands will be fulfilled before April 13.
The students demanded the government to replace the damaged furniture with new ones before April 13. They also cautioned that more intense agitation will be launched if the assurance of the MLA is not put into action before the set deadline.
There is a possibility of guardians of the students and teachers of the school joining in the agitation, the sources said.
It added that All Manipur Students`™ Union (AMSU) Thoubal District Committee has decided to fully endorse the agitation launched by the students of Lamding Model High School.
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