Tripura police uses Water cannons and tear gas on sacked teachers; Section 144 imposed

Tripura police brutality was witnessed when hundreds of teachers who were sleeping at the demonstration protest were beaten and arrested in Agartala and their makeshift tents were dismantled. Restrictions under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) have been imposed in the area. This came up after the ongoing agitation of the Joint Movement Committee of 10323 (a group of terminated teachers).

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The teachers gathered outside CM Biplab Kumar Deb's residence for a peaceful protest but water cannon and tear gas were used to disperse the agitators. Several teachers got injured in the lathi-charge and alleged that Police also pelted stones on them. It has been 52 days that as many as 10,323 terminated teachers launched a protest against the Tripura Government demanding re-recruitment into various departments of the State Government.

In support of agitating teachers, opposition Congress protested outside police headquarters and said they'll continue doing it.

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10,000 government school teachers terminated

Over 10,000 government school teachers were sacked last year, in accordance with a 2014 high court order, which said that their recruitment process was a faulty one. The agitators are contractual teachers appointed by the previous government and have been protesting against the scrapping of the 10,323  teaching appointments across the state due to irregularities in the recruitment process. The previous government didn't regularise their jobs following which they moved the Supreme Court. The SC had already dismissed their plea saying it cannot be done. However, the BJP during elections assured that they will take up the matter if voted to power  The government is still maintaining its position and want the protest to be called off. 

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