Students protest police inaction during clash

COIMBATORE: A group of students on Thursday went on the rampage and damaged furniture and windows of a law college here protesting the alleged inaction of police during the clash between two groups of students in Chennai, police said.
    
About 60 students reportedly involved in the stone pelting and damaging college property have been arrested, they said.
    
The college students, covering their faces with handkerchief, were found breaking window panes and furniture and the total loss was estimated to be around Rs four lakh, college sources said.
    
Coimbatore Range DIG Sivanandi said that police entered the college premises following a request from the Principal. About 200 police personnel were maintaining vigil.
    
Students protested against the police for "remaining mute spectators" during the clash at the Dr Ambedkar Government Law College in Chennai yesterday in which three students were severely injured.
    
The students here would boycott classes and exams till the culprits were arrested, the sources said.
    
The college has since been closed and the examinations for Friday and Saturday have been postponed, they said.
    
Meanwhile, a person belonging to the 'Vishwakarma Traditional Gold Manufacturers and Trade Association' removed his shirt and set it on fire in the District Collectorate premises, protesting the alleged police inaction.
    
He has been taken into custody for interrogation, police said.