Salt Lake TET protesters take on cops

Kolkata: Protests were held by 2014 Teachers Eligibility Test-qualified candidates on Monday at Karunamoyee in Salt Lake, who demanded they be recruited ahead of the 2017 TET-qualified candidates. A scuffle was reported between protesters and cops.The protesters complained the number declared by West Bengal Board of Primary Education was lower than the figure declared before by the state. So, they demanded they all be recruited without another interview. Protesters gathered at Karunamoyee at at 1pm. When they tried to march towards the Primary Board office at Karunamoyee, a scuffle took place between them and police, following which, several protesters were detained. The demonstration went on till late in the night.