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Churachandpur, July 18 : The agitating students of Churachandpur Government College in demand of tribal scholarships for the period 2008-09 turned violent yesterday at about 1 pm as a result of which some 30 benches were burnt and 27 windows broken along with some doors.

The situation was brought under control as the police and some security personnel rushed to the spot and dispersed the students.

Earlier, the students burnt the effigies of TD minister DD Thaisi and the deputy director, Kaikho at the college gate and then blockaded all roads at Tipaimukh and IB Road junctions for quite sometime.

In a separate press statement, the students union deplored the firing on the unarmed students by the security personnel saying they were demanding their rightful share and the TD minister loses nothing by the demand. They said the money was not the property of the minister but was given to them constitutionally by the government.

Meanwhile, the college principal Lalremthang Tusing also said he felt bad about the non-payment of students scholarship till date and shared the sufferings of the students.

He said he has been taking steps by way of pressuring the government for early payment of the scholarship to the students and hoped that his effort would yield the desired results.