Sainik School Imphal.
Imphal, July 26 : Classes were disrupted at the Sainik School Imphal today after senior students revolted against school principal Col Ravi Kumar, alleging “ill-treatment” of students.
Sources said students, mostly belonging to Classes IX and X, refused to attend the morning physical exercise and also classes, demanding the resignation of Col Kumar.
Eyewitnesses said students belonging to these classes came out of their rooms, walked up to the closed gate of the school all the while shouting slogans against the principal. They demanded that they be allowed to go home and stay there till the principal resigned.
The students alleged that Col Kumar ill-treated them and was always “rude” to them.
Sources said trouble was brewing on campus since July 14 after Col Kumar allegedly spat at one of the Class IX students apparently in retaliation to alleged spitting by this student on the principal’s son — who is also in Class IX — after the boy reported the matter to his father.
Col Kumar also beat up some of the students of Class IX that day, the students alleged.
What triggered today’s agitation is not clear, but sources said the students were angry following the July 14 incident.
Sources said the students damaged some furniture last night and refused to go to their rooms. They remained outside their rooms last night till 2.30am when they were finally persuaded by the school authorities to go back to their rooms.
The school authorities called the parents of the students to the school and sought their help in persuading the students to restore normality on campus.
The principal was not available for his comment.
The registrar of the school, Maj. Anand Thoudam, confirmed the agitation and disruption of classes.
“This is an in-house problem and a minor one. We called the parents here to seek their help in making the students understand. We are trying to resolve the issue (student agitation),” the registrar said.
The official maintained that the exact cause of the agitation was not known. Some classes were disrupted, he admitted.