Teacher aspirants' protest turns chaotic, six arrested
The incident resulted in the arrest of six demonstrators and the registration of a case against 50 unidentified people.
Rajan Kumar, station house officer (SHO) of Kotwali police station, said the arrests were made for staging a protest in a restricted zone. "They were protesting beyond the permitted area. Protests typically conclude at Dak Bungalow, but the students refused to comply," he said.
"Despite barricades being in place, they pushed forward and clashed with the magistrate.
Even after repeated efforts to persuade them to disperse, they would not listen," Kumar added.
However, the protesting candidates insisted their demonstration was peaceful and justified.
"We were marching peacefully from Dak Bungalow towards Income-Tax, heading towards the chief minister's residence to press for our demands," said Aman Kumar, one of the candidates.
Another protesting student said, "The supplementary results for TRE 1.0 and TRE 2.0 have already been released. Therefore, the govt must also release the supplementary result for TRE 3.0."
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Time of India
2 hours ago
- Time of India
‘Complaints of fraud over 6cr must be filed with CBI'
Lucknow: A bank fraud of less than Rs 6 crore – be it in public or private sector – should be reported to the state police while the complaint of a fraud of more than Rs 6 crore should be filed with the CBI, said joint director of Lucknow unit of CBI, Ashok Kumar. Addressing UP Police personnel during a session on Monday, Kumar said critical elements of criminality were often overlooked or misunderstood. "Banks frequently rely on internal audits or internet-based policy checks to flag issues, without examining the deeper criminal intent behind a transaction or fraudulent behaviour," he said. "Investigating officers and supervisory personnel should not only identify where the mala fide intent originated but also collect legally admissible evidence to support prosecution. Basic regulatory lapses begin right from company registration stage. Often, KYC norms, PAN verifications, and document authenticity checks are skipped — allowing fraudulent businesses to access large loans," Kumar said. "Bank fraud is highly technical, involving complex financial layering and misuse of credit facilities," he said, urging investigators to constantly upgrade their domain knowledge and forensic capabilities. The officer also underlined patterns of misleading Fraud Assessment Reports (FARs) including forged invoices, shallow inspections, fake CA certificates, and loan diversions.
Time of India
3 hours ago
- Time of India
‘Harassment' of hostel women by cops: Won't register case as allegations are not corroborative, says Pune police chief
Pune/Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Amid raging protest and demand for a case under the Atrocities Act against the police personnel accused of harassing three women at a private hostel in Kothrud while investigating a missing woman's case, Pune police commissioner Amitesh Kumar said on Monday that "no offence is made out" against the police personnel as the allegations levelled were "not corroborative". "The police officers and constables did not falter in their duty. A woman's missing complaint is taken very seriously, and it is investigated thoroughly on par with a murder case. I don't think the officers and constables mishandled the case. All the allegations are baseless," Kumar said. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis told reporters in Mumbai: "Police have given a detailed explanation on this issue. They should not come under any pressure and take appropriate steps as per the law." You Can Also Check: Pune AQI | Weather in Pune | Bank Holidays in Pune | Public Holidays in Pune Opposition leaders, including Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar, NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar and Maharashtra Congress chief Harshawardhan Sapkal, questioned police's approach and behaviour in handling the matter and insisted that they should have registered a case under the Atrocities Act. A large group of protesters, including political party workers, staged an agitation near the Pune police commissioner's office from Sunday evening till the early hours of Monday, pressing for an FIR under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and outraging modesty of women. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Family Adopted A New 'Dog', But When The Vet Sees It He Calls The Police Undo by Taboola by Taboola A police bandobast was also deployed around Kothrud police station on Monday to ensure there is no untoward incident. It all started on Aug 1 afternoon when a police team from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, assisted by Kothrud police, reached the hostel as part of their search for a woman who had been reported missing from Sambhajinagar since July 19. Police had leads that the woman was in touch with two of the three women — a working woman and two students — at the hostel and wanted to question them about her whereabouts. It was during this exercise that the three women alleged that they were manhandled, harassed and were taken to the Kothrud police station for inquiry. Questions were raised as to why the three women were taken to the police station. Police chief Kumar justified the action and said, "The three women from whom information was sought about the missing woman's whereabouts, did not cooperate with police. As such, police had no option but to take them to the police station. When the police team studied their phone, we eventually managed to trace the missing woman to a women's shelter home in Mundhwa. The three women were neither beaten nor abused." Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar's police commissioner Pravin Pawar said, "Our police teams neither misbehaved nor committed any excesses, at any point of time while tracking the missing woman. Our teams, during each of their visits to Pune, followed all the due procedures, including making station diary entries and seeking local police's help." Pune police gave a written statement to the three women and other protestors around 3am on Monday that no case can be registered against the police personnel as there is no corroborating evidence for such action. "We verified all their harassment claims and found the same misleading and fabricated," Kumar said. Meanwhile, MLA Rohit Pawar said, "Despite so much anger in society against police's behavior, why was an FIR not registered? Who is pressurising police? Was there any written correspondence from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar police to Kothrud police regarding the inquiry in the case? Did police have a search warrant? Police will have to answer all these questions. The manner in which police have handled the issue, it appears that they are under some political pressure but we will keep raising public issues till justice is delivered. " VBA chief Prakash Ambedkar said, "We will take the issue to the court. Pune police's stand is against the Constitution. They should have registered an FIR based on the complaint, but they chose to support their men." State Congress chief Sapkal said, "Police have the responsibility to protect citizens and uphold the rule of law. However, it is shocking to know that they themselves have indulged in making casteist remarks. I demand that the chief minister intervene and take strict action against the police personnel concerned." The case that led Sambhajinagar cops to Pune in search of missing woman On July 19, a Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar resident lodged a complaint with Satara area police stating that his wife (23) had gone missing after she left their house informing her in-laws that she was going to her college to collect a copy of her transfer certificate. The couple was married two years ago. Police then started investigating the matter and tracking her movement which first took them to the Yerawada and Vishrantwadi areas in Pune on July 24, but the search did not yield any result, inspector Krishna Shinde of Satara area police said. The Sambhajinagar crime branch then joined the area police in the search and based on fresh inputs about the missing woman's possible whereabouts, a police team on Aug 1 reached the house of two women at Kharadi in Pune with whom she was in touch before going missing. These women told police that the woman they were looking for was staying with her two friends in a private working women's hostel at Kothrud in Pune. "The teams then approached the Kothrud police station, made a station diary entry and, with their assistance, reached the hostel to seek information about the woman's whereabouts from her two friends," Shinde said. "The teams learnt from the two friends that the woman had shifted to a shelter home in Mundhwa," he added. Savita Bhore, the shelter home in-charge, verified the missing woman's documents and then brought her before the police team, which was accompanied by her family members. The woman then told police that she did not want to return to her marital home as she was facing harassment at the hands of her in-laws. Police recorded her statement along with those of her in-laws before returning to Sambhajinagar, the officer said.
NDTV
5 hours ago
- NDTV
Nitish Kumar Announces Domicile Policy For Teachers' Recruitment In Bihar
Patna: In yet another populist move in the run-up to the Bihar Assembly elections, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday announced a 'domicile policy' in recruitment of government teachers. The CM, however, did not specify what percentage of recruitments was to be reserved for those born and raised in the state. "The Education Department has been directed to make necessary amendments to the relevant rules to give priority to the residents (domicile) of Bihar in the recruitment of teachers," Kumar said in a post on X. The NDA government in Bihar recently announced a slew of populist schemes, including 125 units of free electricity per month, hike in honorarium for several categories of support staff in government schools, increase in incentives for ASHA workers, reserving for "residents of the state" the 35 per cent quota for women, rise in social security pension and establishment of separate commissions for youths and sanitation workers. In the X post, Kumar said, "Since the formation of the government in November 2005, we have been continuously working to improve the education system. A large number of teachers have been appointed to strengthen the education system," he said. This will be implemented from the Teachers Recruitment Exam (TRE)-4, which will be conducted this year, while TRE-5 will be held in 2026, the chief minister said. Instructions have also been given to conduct Secondary Teachers Eligibility Test (STET) before the organisation of TRE-5, he said. Recently, amid growing clamour for a 'domicile policy' in Bihar, the Bihar Cabinet ordered that a quota of 35 per cent for women in government jobs will be restricted to only 'permanent residents' of the state. In 2016, the state government introduced 35 per cent reservation for women in government jobs in the state at all levels. Notably, the state has been witnessing attempts at public mobilisation on the issue of domicile, ahead of assembly elections. Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav has promised '100 per cent domicile' if the RJD comes to power. Union minister Chirag Paswan also came out in support of the demand for domicile a couple of days ago, but called into question the RJD's commitment to the issue. A large number of job aspirants staged a protest in Patna on August 1, demanding the implementation of a domicile policy in government jobs and had blocked movement of traffic. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
