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IMPHAL: A total of 89 students and six teachers of Manipur University were arrested early Friday in Imphal following an agitation on the institute's campus the day before, a top officer said. We are not here to gain political mileage out of Thursday's clashes but this current situation is condemnable," Leader of Opposition in the Manipur Assembly and former chief minister O Ibobi Singh said. "An emergency-like situation is prevailing in the state under the N Biren-Singh government. "The students, who had exams scheduled for the day, gheraoed the professor and forced him to write a written apology over his appointment as the acting VC," Kailun said, quoting Singh's complaint.IGP Clay Khongsai, who was also part of the press meet, said the agitators pelted stones at the police officers during the midnight raid Friday. "The officers had to burst tear gas shells to disperse the crowd before making the arrests," he said.Imphal West SP Jogeshchandra Haobijam told later in the day that they were presented before the court of the Imphal West chief judicial magistrate, which remanded six teachers and seven students in judicial custody and two more students in police custody.The rest were released with warnings, he added.Meanwhile, the Congress, in another press meet Thursday, strongly condemned the clashes..