2 protesting SSC teachers face 2-hour cop grilling
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Kolkata: Two protesting schoolteachers on Thursday morning appeared at the Bidhannagar North Police Station, where they were questioned for two hours.
After the Calcutta High Court order, four teachers, including Mehboob Mandal, a prominent face of the SSC movement, went to the police station on Wednesday based on the notice served by the police for their involvement in the violence on May 15.
Seventeen teachers were summoned for their involvement in the violence. Among them, six teachers appeared at the Bidhannagar Police Station.
A section of protesting teachers, including staffers who had OMR mismatch issues, staged a sit-in demonstration at the residence of the state education minister, Bratya Basu. They demanded that their names be included on the list to join the school. Protesting staffers among them demanded that they should be provided with an allowance, too, following the announcement made by CM Mamata Banerjee.
They were later dispersed by police.
Those who were protesting at the Bikash Bhavan are yet to shift to the Salt Lake Central Park. They are waiting to receive an order copy. Chinmoy Mandal, a protesting teacher, said, "We have sent letters for two days requesting a meeting with the education minister, but are yet to receive a response. We are waiting. There were questions about us not reaching out, but it is now clear who lacks goodwill."
The HC on Wednesday directed the govt to file an affidavit on why the administration was opposed to the protests by teachers. The matter will be next heard on Friday, following which the final order will be passed, Justice Ghosh said. The court also barred police from taking any action against the teachers during the interim period.
The state's main objection to protests by teachers in front of Bikas Bhavan is that outsiders, who were getting involved in the demonstrations, were making the protest violent, as was evident on May 15.
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