Just a minor incident, clarifies State Government
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 15 2014:
Regarding an altercation that broke out between two groups of students in NIT Imphal on September 11, Principal Secretary (Home) Dr J Suresh Babu in a statement has clarified that it was just a minor incident of misunderstanding between some students of Manipur and those from other States.
Saying that queue jumping in the mess was the cause of the incident, Suresh Babu said that nobody received any serious injury in the altercation.
Police were deployed immediately in the campus as a precautionary measure, the statement said and added that Chief Minister O Ibobi, Education Minister M Okendro and DGP Shahid Ahmed visited the campus and discussed the issue with the students.
The Chief Minister had addressed their grievances, the statement added.
Saying that the State Government is reviewing the situation on a daily basis, the statement said that Principal Secretary (Home) Dr J Suresh Babu and DGP Shahid Ahmed are directly monitoring the situation and normalcy has returned in the campus now.
The State Government has also appealed to students and their parents not to panic as the Government has taken up all necessary measures for the safety of the students.
The statement further said that the State Government would welcome any suggestion for further improvement of the situation.