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Police on Tuesday lathi-charged teachers, professors and librarians who were going to surround the residence of Higher Education Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hair in Barnala, Punjab. Women teachers were beaten up by running on the road. There was a lot of commotion here. Later, the police took away the protesters in buses and locked them in various police stations.
were camping since yesterday
It has been told that teachers, professors and librarians were camping in Barnala since Monday demanding a permanent job. On Tuesday morning, he marched towards the residence of Higher Education Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hare. The police was already on alert. The police stopped them on the way. When the protesters were adamant on going ahead, the police lathi-charged them. During the lathi charge, the female teacher asked the police personnel that tell me what is their fault. He has come to ask for a permanent job.
ruthlessly showered logs
The police took off the turbans of the teachers with lathi charge and thrashing. Women teachers and librarians were removed and brutally beaten up. During the lathi charge, even the police poles were broken. Disabled teachers also became victims of police assault. Many police personnel also fell on the ground in the lathi charge.
sloganeering against the minister
Despite the police lathi-charge, the protesters continued to raise slogans against the state’s AAP government and Higher Education Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hare. In the end, the police dispersed the protesters by lathi-charged them. Apart from this, some protesters were taken in police buses to different police stations and locked up.