Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 29 2010:
A controversy arose in Churachandpur when authorities of a private school were expelled 11 students on the charge of drinking liquor inside the school premises.
Authority of St Mary School in Churachandpur caught red-handed the 11 students while drinking liquor on Teacher Day celebration on September 14 last.
The matter became serious when a group of students forced the closure down private schools in the district.
Churachandpur Private Schools Association and Committee on Protection of Tribal Area, Manipur submitted a joint memorandum to the DC Churachandpur with the support of the Churachandpur District Students' Union seeking his intervention in the matter.
They also decided to impose a bandh in the district on October 1, reports said.