JMM MLA arrested for assaulting school teacher during bandh

A Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MLA was today arrested in West Singhbhum district for allegedly assaulting a physically disabled teacher for keeping the school open during the bandh called by his party to protest amendments in the Land Acquisition Act, police said.

JMM MLA from Chakradharpur constituency in West Singhbhum district, Shashi Bhusan Samad along with his supporters barged into the Upgraded Middle School at Chakdradharpur after finding it open during the bandh and assaulted the teacher Nirmal Kumar Dubey, Officer-in-charge of the Chakradharpur police station Gopinath Tiwari said.

Samad allegedly beat up the teacher following an altercation over the school remaining open during the bandh, Tiwari said.

Based on the complaint registered by the teacher, police registered a case under various sections of IPC against Samad and arrested him, the police officer said.

A dawn-to-dusk Jharkhand bandh called by the JMM and supported by other opposition parties to protest amendments in the Land Acquisition Act evoked mixed response in the state today.