Recommended primary school teachers, whose appointments were cancelled through a High Court order on February 6, blocked road at Shahbagh in Dhaka on Monday afternoon demanding cancellation of the HC order.
The police charged batons, lobbed tear gas shells, fired sound grenades and sprayed water through canons on the protesters.
Protesters blocked road at about 1:00pm at Shahbagh crossing and police used force on them in several phases, alleged the protesters.
鈥榃e have blocked the road to press home our demand. The police have charged batons on us indiscriminately, sprayed water and fired sound grenades,鈥� Zebin Akter, a protester, told 抖阴精品.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Ramna Division deputy commissioner Masud Alam said that they lobbed tear gas shells and fired sound grenades to disperse the protesters.
鈥榃e did not charge batons on anyone as most of the protesters are women,鈥� the DC added.
The High Court on February 6 declared illegal and scrapped the November 20, 2024 appointment of 6,531 assistant teachers in government primary schools in Dhaka and Chattogram based on job quotas as per the 2019 recruitment rules.
A bench of Justice Fatema Najib and Justice Sikder Mahmudur Razi delivered the verdict while disposing of a writ petition filed by 30 job seekers in November 2024 challenging the legality of the recruitment process.
The 2019 recruitment rules allow 60 per cent quota for women, 20 per cent for wards, and 20 per cent for males in recruiting teachers for government primary schools.
