Teacher suspended for cutting student’s hair
Thiruvananthapuram: A woman physical education teacher allegedly chopped off the hair of a student forcefully following which she has been suspended from the institute at Nedumangadu near here. The school management took action against her after local police registered a case against her based on a complaint by the parent of the 13-year-old boy. The teacher cut the hair of the boy, studying in Class VIII, during the physical education class holding that growing long hair was against the school code. The boy’s father had lodged the complaint on Thursday. Though it was said that more students had been victims of her ‘hair-cutting act’, only one parent had come up with the complaint, police said. She would be summoned for questioning soon. Following the incident, several youth outfits also demanded action against the teacher. (PTI)
US citizen arrested
Maharajganj: A 34-year-od US citizen has been arrested here when he was trying to cross over to Nepal on fake visa papers, a senior police official said on Friday. Jem Charli was arrested on Thursday with fake visa papers by the immigration department in Sonauli area while he was trying to cross over to Nepal, Pavitra Sahu, Sonauli immigration check post incharge said. A case has been registered and Intelligence Bureau has been informed, he said. (PTI)
Ex-army man shot dead
Etah: An ex-army man was on Friday shot dead by unidentified people in Kotwali area, police said here. Viresh (55) was shot dead by unidentified people while he was going to get milk from Shyamnagar locality Friday morning, they said. No FIR has been lodged in this regard so far, police said. (PTI)
Police use batons to disperse pro-reservation activists
Allahabad: Police on Friday baton-charged a number of pro-quota activists who were trying to barge inside the premises of the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) here to meet the Chairman and press their demand for introducing a three-tier reservation system in the state. The pro-reservation activists, who had gathered in front of the UPPSC’s gate, claimed the Chhattisgarh government had adopted a three-tier quota policy and that the same has been upheld by the court of law. They insisted that they be allowed entry into the premises as they wished to apprise the UPPSC Chairman of “this development” and “re-introduce a similar policy here which was withdrawn earlier this year under pressure from the Samajwadi Party government in the state”. When the police personnel on duty refused to allow them entry, pro-reservation activists allegedly tried to force their way inside following which the policemen resorted to lathi-charge. Additional force was soon deployed around the UPPSC premises though none of the protesters returned after being chased away, police said, adding no arrest has been made in this connection and there were no reports of serious injury to anybody in the lathi-charge. (PTI)