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Teacher killed in police firing

No mercy: Policemen lathi-charging temporary teachers during a rally in support of their various demands at Rohtak in Haryana on Sunday. - PHOTO: PTI

CHANDIGARH: One female guest teacher was allegedly killed in police firing and several others injured in a cane-charge by Haryana Police at Rohtak on Sunday.

According to reports reaching the State headquarters here, thousands of guest teachers, largely females, were walking towards the residence of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in Rohtak to present a memorandum seeking resolution of long-pending demands for regularization when the police stopped them from marching ahead.

This led to verbal skirmishes and the lathi-wielding police reportedly tried to physically remove the protesters. Soon, the reports said, some protestors hurled stones at the cops in retaliation. The police then resorted to cane charge and reportedly opened fire to disperse the agitating teachers.

Even though there was no official confirmation or denial about the incident, reports reaching here said that one teacher identified as Raj Rani of Jind had been reportedly killed in the police firing. These reports also said that three persons with alleged bullet wounds were in a serious condition.

Meanwhile, in a statement issued from Rohtak, Haryana CPI(M) Secretary Inderjit Singh strongly condemned the “brutal police repression on guest teachers including females.”

He added that it was “most regrettable” that the teachers seeking to give a memorandum to the Chief Minister had been subjected to “heinous police repression.”

He added that thousands of guest teachers had been agitating since long but their grievances were not redressed leading to discontent among them. The CPI (M) has demanded immediate medical treatment of all injured , action against the police officer responsible for the unprovoked lathi charge and firing on the “unarmed” demonstrators and settlement of demands of teachers.

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