Madi schools shut to protest Maoist beating

Schools in Madi of Chitwan district remained shut down, Sunday, not because of holiday, but to protest the beating up of two teachers of a local school by cadres of Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) a few days ago.

Demanding action against the YCL cadres involved in manhandling of the teachers of Someshwor Secondary School, altogether 47 private and community run schools in Madi of Chitwan didn't conduct regular classes.

Someshwor Secondary School, where some 1,300 students study, had remained shut for the past five days. And now with other private and community school shutting down to show their solidarity with the teachers, the studies of thousands of students in the area has been affected.

On May 13, in the course of an internal dispute, YCL cadres had roughed up teachers Krishna Pathak and Ram Nath Tiwari of Someshwor Secondary school inside the school premises itself.

Tiwari had sustained serious injuries in the Maoist beating and is still convalescing at the local hospital.

Most residents of Madi have a bitter experience with the Maoists. During the time of the insurgency Maoists had blown up a passenger bus into smithereens there, killing all those traveling in it most of whom were from Madi. Although the Maoist leadership has publicly apologized for the party's hand in the incident, the Madi residents have since been holding a deep frustration and resentment over the Maoists. nepalnews.com ag May 18 08

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