Kolkata Police clarified on April 10, 2025, that videos of police action against protesting teachers were authentic and not fabricated, amid claims of misinformation.
By Aniket Chakraborty
Apr 14, 2025
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The protests were sparked by the cancellation of job appointments for over 25,000 teachers due to fraudulent hiring practices in 2016.
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Police released videos showing a protestor allegedly calling to 'burn down the place with petrol' during the demonstration outside the District Inspector of Schools office.
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The clash escalated when uniformed police were filmed kicking, pushing, and beating protestors with batons to disperse the crowd.
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Kolkata Police Commissioner, Manoj Kumar Verma, called the clash 'undesirable,' explaining that the police were forced to act after being attacked by protestors.
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Divisional Commissioner Bidisha Kalita Dasgupta stated that protestors broke barricades and gates, injuring several police personnel during the unrest.
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While some protestors were hospitalized due to injuries, the police maintained they were compelled to use force in response to 'unprovoked violence.'
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BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari demanded the suspension of police personnel seen attacking protestors in the viral videos, calling for accountability.
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Trinamool Congress Minister Firhad Hakim urged teachers to trust the government's legal efforts to seek a review petition in the Supreme Court rather than resort to violence.
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Hakim warned that 'vandalism and violent protesting' would undermine the teachers' cause and called for peaceful resolution rather than destruction of evidence.