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Law college students clash; one critical
A scene of violence on the college campus on Wednesday.
CHENNAI: Four students were injured, one of them seriously, when two groups of students clashed on the Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College campus here on Wednesday.
According to police sources, a group armed with deadly weapons, including iron rods and clubs, attacked some students at the main gate in full public view. Police entered the campus after obtaining a complaint from the college Principal.
An altercation over printing of a pamphlet to mark the Thevar Jayanthi celebrations on October 30 led to the clash. When some students were coming out of the college after writing the semester examinations at about 5 p.m. on Wednesday, the attack started. For about half an hour, armed youths went on the rampage.
Even as a large number of police personnel were watching from a distance, the students attacked one another. The four students, studying third year, were taken to the Government Hospital.
The condition of Chithirai Selvam, who suffered a head injury was said to be critical. Three students have been arrested.
ADGP (Law and Order) T. Rajendran said a State-wide alert was issued following the incident.
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