Police use force to disperse agitating Sanskrit and Madrasa teachers

Police resorted to burst teargas shells and used water cannons to disperse an unruly demonstration of Sanskrit and Madrasa teachers at R-Block round about in Patna on July 21, 2010. Sanskrit and Madrasa teachers were staging demonstration in support of their long-pending demands. Police swung into action when teachers attempted to cross the iron barricade and march towards State Assembly. Many teachers were injured in the melee.

Photo Aftab Alam Siddiqui