The management of Pachaiyappa's College has suspended 12 students for unleashing violence last Thursday after being denied permission to celebrate 'bus day'.

At least seven people, including six police officers, were injured and more than seven vehicles damaged when the students locked the main gate and pelted stones at policemen and the public from inside the campus. Following the incident, police urged the college to initiate action against the errant students.

"We sent a formal letter to the principal to act against the arrested students," said joint commissioner of police (east zone) S N Seshasai. The police registered cases under sections - 147, 148, 341, 324, 336, 332, 307 IPC and 3(1) of TNPPD Act r/w 7(1)(a) CLA Act -including attempt to murder, based on the complaint of MTC driver V Gencilin, who was injured in the violence.

The arrested - C Karthick (1st year BCom), P Pichaimani, (3rd year BCA), D Manimarkan (3rd year BCom), L Jeevakumaran (3rd year BCA), C Saravanan (1st year BSc), B Kumar (2nd year BSc), P Venkatesan (3rd year BSc), V Suresh (1st year MA), R Sivalingam (1st year BBM), S Sharathkumar (1st year BA), V Chandru (3rd year BA), C Panneerselvam (3rd year BSc), P Ajithkumar (a Class 11 student) and K Saranraj (a plumber) -were remanded in Puzhal jail.