Several teachers protested demanding arrest of miscreants who attacked a 58-year-old teacher after he complaint about two musclemen involved in encroachment on school premises and electricity theft from electricity pole at the school premises; victim teacher was attacked on Thursday.
The protesting teachers demanded arrest of the accused and if the police fail to arrest the accused they would go on strike from Monday. The victim Krishna Gopal Shrivastava was shifted from Hamidia hospital to a private hospital where he had undergone an operation.
The victim is posted at Government Primary School Khakardol as head master. The teachers were dejected after none of the senior officials of education department and district administration visited the injured victim.
The accused used the stolen electricity for operating their water pumps at their farms and they have damaged boundary wall by tractors. The two accused were identified as Awadh Narayan and Hemant Tiwari who used to steal electricity from electric pole in the school premises. On November 21 after the accused broke the fencing and boundary wall victim opposed after which they pelted stone at the school and abused the victim. He lodged a complaint with the police and when he returned the accused threatened the victim and at the same time police were informed but the accused were not arrested. later on Thursday after a police personnel visited school and asked the victim to record his statements at the police station. The victim told the police personnel that he would be attacked by the accused but police were not ready to pay heed and while on his way the two accused along with three others attacked the victim.
The police have registered the case but have not arrested the accused. The victim claimed that the two would attack him but the accused were not arrested.