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LUDHIANA: The police had a tough time handling over 500 government teachers who laid a siege to the residence of cabinet minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, rejecting 6th pay commission report
Accusing the police of using brute force against and manhandling senior teachers, Surinder Puaari, a government teacher from Philaur and state president of Government School Teacher Union alleged that the police had behaved in an unwarranted manner while dealing with the protesters and was lathi-charged.
The teachers demand implementation of the 6th pay commission report with a multiply factor 3.8 for teachers and employees. They also wanted the government to include grade pay of October and December 2011, recommended by the 5th pay commission.