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Principal faints after students shout at him
Thursday January 12, 2012 08:26:21 AM,
IANS
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13 Trinamool students held for assault on principal
Thirteen
people were arrested from the Raiganj area of West Bengal's North
Dinajpur district Friday in connection with the assault a day
earlier on the principal of a government college in the district.
"We have arrested 13 persons in connection to this case. We are
investigating
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Kolkata: Harassment of
principals and teachers continued in West Bengal, with the
principal of a government college in Birbhum fainting Wednesday
during a demonstration by the students of the college.
However, a minister questioned the credibility of the principal
and claimed he had "staged" the whole incident.
The students involved were reportedly affiliated to the ruling
Trinamool Congress's youth wing, the Trinamool Chatra Parishad.
"Students belonging to a particular student union came barged into
principal's (Sibashish Banerjee) office for the remarks he made
against the violence that was perpetuated in the college premises
Tuesday. They surrounded him and were aggressively shouting at
him. The student demonstrated for more than an hour after which he
fainted," said Jaydeb Pan, a professor of the college.
Banerjee Tuesday had told reporters that he had received threats
from supporters of the Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad for his
remarks.
State Urban Development Minister and senior Trinamool Congress
leader Firhad Hakim, however, said that the principal of the
college was "biased" and may have even "staged" the whole
incident.
"There are complaints of financial irregularities against the
principal. A probe to look into the financial authorities will
soon be ordered by the education department. The principal must be
above politics," he said.
The principal expressed surprise at the minister's response.
"I am astonished how such comments can be made after such kind of
incidents," said Banerjee who has been hospitalized after the
incident.
In last two week there have been various incidents of students
affiliated to either Trinamool Congress or the Communist Party of
India-Marxist assaulting principal and teachers of various
educational institutions across the state.
The Mamata Banerjee government has drawn severe criticism from all
quarters of the society after it took a dual approach in dealing
with accused in these incidents according to their political
affiliations.
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