Five Bengal schoolteachers critical after consuming poison to protest transfer

Five government schoolteachers allegedly consumed a poisonous substance in front of the state education department in West Bengal's Kolkata to protest against their transfer to distant places. They are believed to be in critical condition.

Five government schoolteachers, who were protesting their transfer to distant places, allegedly consumed a poisonous substance in front of the state education department in West Bengal's Kolkata. All the five women teachers - Shikha Das, Jothsna Tudu, Putul Jana and Chabi Das, Anima Nath - were rushed to a hospital after they fell sick. They are believed to be in critical condition.