Biswabrata Goswami
KRISHNAGAR, 2 FEB: In a most shocking incident, a headmaster of a heritage government school on Wednesday turned violent and punched thrice to his senior colleague who slapped him in the face in front of press media persons and school teachers over a dispute which has been continued between them for years.
The video footage of their fist-fighting soon went viral stirring sensation among the teaching and student community across the state.
On hearing the incident, the district magistrate, Shashank Sethi, who is also president of the managing committee of Krishnagar Collegiate School, instructed his officials to conduct a probe into this matter. The district inspector of schools also sent three assistant inspectors to conduct a separate investigation into this matter.
The school teachers, who rescued the assistant teacher of Geography, Nimai Majumdar from the clutch of the headmaster, Manaranjan Biswas, accompanied him to the Saktinagar district hospital for treatment as he was suffering unwell.
Trouble broke out when Mr Majumdar started a silent sit-in-protest agitation in front of the headmaster’s office this morning. As the school will reopen tomorrow after a long closure due to the restriction for the pandemic situation, teachers and headmaster attended the school for monitoring the cleaning and other works.
The media persons on hearing the agitation reached the school and asked Mr Majumdar what was his grievance against the headmaster.
Mr Majumdar alleged that the headmaster was not providing his salary statement and other documents for months and because of this reason he was unable to file IT returns. This apart, Mr Biswas framed him in several false cases, he said.
Mr Biswas who was primarily not entertaining the reporters for his comments, suddenly came out from his room and started alleging that Mr Majumdar was telling lies against him.
He then alleged, “Most of the teachers are non-cooperative and Mr Majumdar is such a person whom (a woman) was about to beat him with her shoes.”
On hearing this allegation, Mr Majumdar, who was in sit-in-protest demonstration, suddenly attacked and slapped him out of rage. Mr Biswas then violently started punching him.
It is mentionable that Mr Biswas has already been accused of misappropriating government funds by a team of government officials under the instruction of Nadia district magistrate.
The accused headmaster is still enjoying his post in the school even though repeated protests against him by the school teachers and a section of guardians took place.
The district administrative officials, who conducted an enquiry against him, have even kept their mouths closed when asked, but sources within the government officials said that state education department has kept the enquiry report in idle because of his ‘strong influence’ with a section of state school education department officials.
Meanwhile, it has been learnt that the state education department has issued show cause notices against the two teachers asking them why the department would not take departmental action against them.
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