Imphal, November 28: Two higher secondary school students were wounded when police resorted to lathi charge and fired tear gas shells to disperse students who tried to block roads near the Johnstone Higher Secondary School this evening demanding resumption of classes.

Supporting the agitation sponsored by the All Manipur Joint Government Higher Secondary Students Union, the Manipuri Students Federation has announced boycott of all private and Government schools from tomorrow.

At around 2 pm, police accompanied seven student leaders to meet the Governor.

Instead they were made to meet Advisor Kipgen.

The waiting students became impatient and burnt the effigies of the Governor and teachers as the meeting took a long time.

Subsequently, the students brought out benches and desks from the school and started burning them and put up road blocks.

Police lathi charged the students and dispersed them.

However, they regrouped and started pelting stones at the police personnel provoking the personnel to fire around 10 teargas shells towards the students.

A student of Wangkhei Girls HS, A Sila was hit by teargas shell while Loukrakpam Sanjoy of Ananda Higher Secondary School was hurt in lathi charge.

Another student N Banikanta was injured after he fell down from the vehicle taking the two to RIMS.

The higher secondary students have been missing normal classes after the Federation of Elementary to College Teachers Association (FECTA) resorted to cease work strike since November 12.Earlier in the day the irate students held a meeting at the Johnstone Hr Sec School.

As per the decisions taken in the meeting, hundreds of students began marching out for submitting an ultimatum to the Governor.

Police engaged the students near the Kangla chowk for around two hours.

The students are likely to meet the Governor tomorrow.

MSF general secretary Ashirjit Luwang told reporters later in the evening that educational institutions would be boycotted.

He said that any school found defying the boycott or found conducting classes or examinations will be responsible for any untoward incident.

President of the higher secondary students union asked teachers not to come to schools if they are not to take classes from tomorrow.

He said that the students will intensify their agitation if the Government and teachers fail to bring a solution to the stand-off within three days.

He urged all students to come to their respective schools from tomorrow.

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