Imphal: Two youths have been arrested for burning down a private secondary school recently located in Manipur’s Chandel district, run by Catholic Missionaries, the police said.
A classroom block and the principal’s office were razed, causing Rs 35 lakh loss. No one was injured in the incident.
The arson followed the KSO diktat to shut St. Joseph School in the Sugnu area. Earlier, the school had rejected its plea to revoke suspension of six of students.
The students had been suspended for posting offensive remarks against some school teachers on the social media, the police said.
“It’s deeply shocking and unfortunate that a temple of learning, the harbinger of hope, could be so reduced to ashes by some immoral people in the society,” the CESM said in a statement. (IANS)
