APDR submits deputation to WBHRC against Governor

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Sep 03 2013 | 4:45 PM IST
Rights body Association of Protection of Democratic Rights today submitted a deputation to West Bengal Human Rights Commission against Governor M K Narayanan's statement of beating up students who beat their teachers.
"Yes, an APDR branch has submitted a deputation to state Human Rights Commission against the Governor's statement of beating up students who beat teachers. We condemn such a statement from a person like a governor," APDR general secretary Dhiraj Sengupta said.
In the wake of recent incidents of brutal attacks on professors and principals for stopping students from cheating, Governor M K Narayanan, who is also Chancellor of all the universities of the state, had said, "No one has the right to beat up teachers. Whoever beats up teachers, should also be beaten up.
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First Published: Sep 03 2013 | 4:45 PM IST

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