Puducherry:
Police made a lathicharge to disperse students of the local Government Tagore Arts collegewho picketed the department of Adi Dravidar Welfare on the busy Puducherry-Tindivanam route.
Police said the students did not disperse despite assurances that government would look into theirdemands following which they lathicharged them.
The students demanded that government extend immediately educational assistance to the students belonging to Adi Dravidar community. More than 150 students of the college had earlier come in a procession to the department to meet the officials and present their case.
Some students sustained injuries and were treated at the out-patient department in the government hospital, sourcessaid, adding, the agitation resulted in traffic snarl for nearly two hours.
Students of Government Law college staged a demonstration at the municipal bus terminal on receipt of information ofpolice action against the arts college students.