Bengaluru, July 14 -- Tension prevailed in Thanisandra after a group of people allegedly barged into Samar International School at Narayanapura and vandalised the premises over a long-pending land dispute involving a madrasa.

According to the police, the miscreants allegedly attempted to force their way into the school by breaking window panes. Students and staff inside the campus reportedly threw water mixed with chilli powder to prevent them from entering, leading to chaotic scenes on the premises.

The dispute relates to a 10-gunta land parcel reportedly donated by Masi Ahmed to a madrasa in 1988. The school management claims that Khalid Mushrif later established the madrasa and subsequently developed a school and college on the adjoi...