India, May 15 -- A scuffle broke out on Thursday night between police and a group of dismissed school teachers who were protesting outside the West Bengal education department headquarters, Bikash Bhavan, in Salt Lake.

The teachers lost their jobs last month after a court cancelled thousands of appointments in government-aided schools over recruitment irregularities. They had been holding a sit-in protest since morning, demanding that their jobs be given back, news agency PTI reported.

Tensions rose around 8 pm when extra police personnel were sent in, and officers tried to remove the protestors using lathicharge, PTI quoted a police officer as saying.

Protestors claimed they were dragged away even though they were demonstrating peacef...