Youngsters of Kalathur decide to campaign for a teacher suspended in connection with anti-sand quarry protest-related cases
Vellore
Residents of Kalathur colony, who stalled the government from opening a sand quarry in the Palar near the village, have prepared for yet another protest. This time, they have decided to protest against the ‘injustice’ meted out to 38 year-old teacher of Adi Dravidar Welfare (ADW) primary school, V Parangusan, who was placed under suspension for supporting the protest against sand mining.
Parangusan, a teacher in the ADW primary school in Melottivakkam in Kancheepuram district, has been running from pillar to post to get reinstated. He was suspended from service on June 22, 2015, said the villagers.
The youngsters in the colony said it was humiliating to see a teacher, who stood for the people, suffering in silence. Hence, they were planning to take distribute handbills to expose the act of ‘indifference’ of the government. The handbills will discuss the case of Parangusan and another teacher R Sivaramakrishnan of the same colony.
Sivaramakrishnan, who works as a teacher in the education department, was placed under suspension on June 3, 2015 after the Avalur police registered a case against him and five others for abusing, assaulting, causing grievous injuries and threatening the anti-sand quarry protestors. "He acted like an agent of the sand mafia," Rajkumar, another villager.
During his suspension period, he along with 15 others of his supporters assaulted on Munusamy and also set fire to the house of Napoleon for intensifying the protest against the opening of the quarry. The incident took place during Pongal festival last year.
The police filed a case (crime no 17/2016) against him and others under eight sections including 436 (mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent destroy house) and 452 (house-traspass alter preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint) of IPC, said the police attached to Avalur Station. He was imprisoned for six days.
However, the education department reinstated him on September 14, 2016. “The officials said that they reinstate him (Sivaramakrishnan) following orders from Director of School Education,” said another village citing the RTI reply.
On the other hand, the Walajapet Court acquitted Parangusan in two of the five cases. He obtained stay order in two other cases, while he also approached the HC seeking a stay in the fifth case. However, the ADW department and Kancheepuram Collector replied to the court, when it asked for explanation, that he was facing cases and justified its stand. “Parangusan educated us the ill-effort of sand mining court. We took the issue and protested against it. Though the court acquitted him from the cases, the authorities are not revoking the suspension order. It is a clear case of injustice. It was the handy work of the politically influence sand mafia, who fabricated false cases against him in vengeance for opposing the quarry,” said Vikraman
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