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VISAKHAPATNAM: There was tension in the jaggery town of Anakapalle in Visakhapatnam district on Wednesday, following acts of vandalism on Tuesday night in a college by unidentified miscreants.

The statues of Swami Vivekananda and Dr B.R Ambedkar were demolished in the Anakapalle Merchants' Association Lingamurthy College on Tuesday night. The statues of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Potti Sriramulu were defaced. A Hanuman idol in the college was also destroyed.

The college students blocked the traffic for some time in the town and there was tension. The police brought the situation under control. For the past few months, there has been tension in the college following dismissal of some employees and there is a case pending against the principal over an alleged atrocity on a Dalit student.

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