The state employees marched
towards the Assembly to demonstrate in front here for their demand of pension
revival on Wednesday afternoon this week; meanwhile the police lathicharged and
injured seriously to a school teacher.
Ramashish singh, 35, a
government school teacher at Kushinagar in UP, was marching towards Vidhansabha(State Assembly) with the crowd of employees; at Shakti Bhawan, police intercepted here suddenly the employees,
and used lathicharge. Ramashish Singh, one of them, came under the attack and fell on the
ground. He was rushed to the near by civil hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.
SSP Lucknow Manjil
Saini denied any bore mark injury on the body. The government assigned the case
to a magisterial inquiry.
Mr Rajesh Yadav,
spokesperson to All Teachers Employees Welfare Association, said, “ after being
assured by administrative officer, the employees gave up the idea of moving
towards the destination and began to return back to RamLila ground; the police
surrounded the crowd at Shakti Bhawan and started the lathicharge. Consequently
he was in trap of police and has lost his precious life.”
Rihai Manch said, “The
teachers have been attacked by the UP police, and a teacher, Ramashish Singh,
was killed and many of them were injured seriously clarify that the attack is
not just by the police, but also it is a result backed by government.”
