BJP MLA urges CM, Tribal Minister seeking action against police

Bhubaneswar (VISAKEO): BJP MLA from Baisinga Assembly Constituency in Mayurbhanj district Pramila Giri on Sunday demanded stern action against some erring teachers, who have violated certain rule and regulation in a Tribal School, which is being run under the ITDA projects in the district and the school has a capacity of 100 tribal girl students. Meanwhile, MLA Giri also took up the matter with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Tribal Development Minister Chaitnya Prasad Majhi while seeking action against the district police, who have reportedly helping the erring teachers. Giri said that teachers including Debendra Panda, Bhabesh Sahoo, Chandra Mohapatra and Jagabandu Mohant have violated the rules of School by entering into its campus in night. As per the School guidelines, no one should be allowed to the School campus after 7pm. But these teachers were in the School campus at 9pm.   "One of the teachers Debendra Panda has already been transferred from the school but why he was at the School campus at night. Both the Chief Minister Patnaik and Tribal Minister Majhi should initiate high level investigation to ascertain their intension," Giri demanded. She further alleged that local police as well as Mayurbhanj district SP Sanjay Kumar Singh have jointly downplayed the issue. However, sources said that tussle began when the said four teachers had entered into the School campus at night and the local people led by MLA Giri protested against it and opposed their entry, which created tension for some time at the spot. "As a people's representative, I was forced to intervene into the issue as it was a Tribal School and 100 girls are staying but the police instead taking action against them, is now blaming me while lodging FIR against me," Giri argued. However, Mayurbhanj, SP Sanjay Kumar Singh said that police is investigating into the issue. "The issue has come to our notice and we are investigating it as to ascertain, who is real culprit was," Singh informed. "In fact after getting complain from the teachers, we have took up the issue to investigate," he added.