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Imphal, April 8 : Joining the outcry against the assault on MUSU president Ksh Narayan and ECHO editor Ng Milan, the Oriental College Students' Union has condemned the assault in the strongest term.

A press release issued by the union asserted all student organisations should work to avoid such incidents in future.

Attacking the leader of a student body for some annoyance is an act of mafia gangs who could not think deeply.

Observing that student unions of schools/colleges may come under similar attack for some dissastisfaction or anger, it appealed to all student unions to be alert and careful.

The Oriental College Students Union also pledged unstinted support in all its activities/initiatives.

The Naorem Birahari College Students' Union has also decried the assault on MUSU president Narayan and Milan at their office by DESAM volunteers who were numerically much superior.

The physical assault on the MUSU president was an act of gangsterism and was tantamount to assaulting the whole student community of Manipur.

The student union further asserted that all student bodies should stand for genuine students who are studying.

It's time to unmask all those who have been masquerading as students, it added.

Meanwhile, a press release issued by SFI Manipur State Committee maintained that SFI would condemn any assault on MUSU president regardless whether the president is a representative of any student organisation.

For such an assault, the SFI need not look for the reasons behind the act, it said.

Asserting that Manipur University is a place of learning but not for practising 'goondaism', the SFI also condemned the reported assault on two students by unidentified persons in the university's men's hostel on April 4.It urged upon the authority concerned to book all those involved in the assault.

The SFI further appealed to the MU authority to take up all precautionary measures to avoid any untoward incident within its campus in future.

On the other hand, the DM College of Science Students' Union has appealed to all concerned to avert recurrence of the ugly incident that took place between MUSU and DESAM.

The student union also questioned the unawareness of MUSU about the MU Executive Council meeting and its decision.

It asserted that the arrest of two leaders of a student body could not restore academic atmosphere in Manipur University.