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Security personnel prevent protesting teachers from marching towards the Prime Minister Secretariat at Upper Chattar Chowk in Muzaffarabad on Wednesday. Online
MUZAFFARABAD: Over a dozen schoolteachers and two police personnel were injured on Wednesday after riot police used batons and tear gas shells to disperse a big procession of male tutors, accusing them of violating an “understanding” with the administration.
Around 68 teachers, including some pensioners, had been taken into custody for “rioting in a sensitive area,” Deputy Commissioner Abdul Hameed Kiyani told
Dawn.
Speaking at a press conference in the wake of the incident, representatives of All Azad Kashmir Schoolteachers Organisation threatened against launching a “state-wide agitation” if their demand was not met and their detained colleagues were not released by the government within 24 hours.