Imphal, January 23 2009: STUDENTS OF the Little Master English Higher Secondary School, Samurou and womenfolk of the Samurou today carried out a sit-in protest in front of the school premise decrying the placing of a bomb in the school by some unknowns suspected to be undergrounds yesterday.

Placards written with "Don't cause fear to the students by placing bomb, don't convert school into battlefield, make education, a free zone, don't bargain life with money," were displayed at the protest side.

The sit-in protest commenced from around 11 am and went on till 2 pm.

Mention may be made that a bomb wrapped with paper in a polythene bag was deposited at the premise of the school yesterday at around 11.50 am by some suspected underground activists.

The incident has caused panic to the students and teachers of the school appearing examination of the Standard-XI.

The incident has also led to the abandoned of the examination.

The founder secretary of the Little Master Higher Secondary School, Samurou Moirangthem Thoiba said the bomb was placed by one unknown person who entered to the school compound and dropped it at the school veranda stating to hand over it to the principal.

The incident has disturbed the exam for the day, he said.

He also revealed that due to the pressure from various underground organizations to the school, school authorities could not sit in the school and look after the school administration and students also feel fear of any untoward incident in the school.

In the recent time also a bomb was placed in the school and threatened the school authorities by some persons claim to be KCP on the demand of Rs.5 lakhs while appealing all concerns not to do such kinds of act which caused fear to the students and school authorities by repeating the similar incident of yesterday.

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