Law college violence: Five more students arrested

CHENNAI: Five more students were arrested on charges of being involved in the clash between two groups at Dr Ambedkar Government Law College on November 12, taking the total number of those arrested in the case to 13.
    
Police said Siva Kathiravan of Madurai, Raja of Cuddalore and Premnath of Thanjavur were arrested late on Saturday night, while Gopalakrishnan of Sengottai and Elamugil of Chennai were arrested early this morning.
    
Except Premnath, all the four students were produced before a lower court here on Sunday and remanded to 15 days police custody.
    
Soon after the violence, special teams were formed to nab those involved. The team, headed by two deputy Commissioners, five Assistant Commissioners and 20 Inspectors, is on the lookout for 15 more students, who are reportedly absconding.
    
Three students were injured, two of them seriously on November 12 when students belonging to two communities that clashed in the college campus over a poster which did not carry the name of Dr Ambedkar.