Agartala (Tripura): A day after '10,323 teachers' took a pledge to intensify their protest and stick to their demands until the state government comes up with a permanent solution through alternative jobs, the administration dismantled the makeshift set-up where the teachers were agitating, here on Wednesday.
The West Tripura district administration promulgated Section 144 of the CrPc and dismantled the makeshift set up where the teachers were agitating in front of Agartala City Centre today.
A section of the teachers who were present at the agitation site in the morning had also been taken under custody and shifted to an undisclosed location.
Rattled by the sudden police intervention on the 52nd day of the sit-in stir, the teachers held a road blockade demanding the release of the detained teachers and their family members.
As per video footage, a large number of TSR Jawans cordoned off the agitation site in the morning. The security personnel then detained the teachers, children, and other family members present at the site and shifted them.
Reacting to the development, a police official said, "If someone becomes a threat to the law and order situation and tries to incite violence and arson, the police have to take some steps. We have taken all the steps to ensure that no one gets hurt or injured while carrying out the operation, but if they apply force we have to at least apply reasonable force."