While the victims, who belong to MBC and OC castes, claimed they were attacked by BC students based on caste, police have rejected the charge. The fight between the students was due to personal reasons, police said.
Police have apprehended seven students of both groups, produced them before the Juvenile Justice Board, and sent them to a government home.
The injured students received treatment at Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital.
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