Police Friday caned a group of jobless teachers who tried to force their way to the state education minister's residence to press for employment, injuring four of them.
The protesters wanted to submit a memorandum to Education Minister O P Soni for their appointment in government schools, he said.
The official said at least 300 unemployed teachers who had cleared the Punjab government's Teacher Eligibility Test were stopped a few yards away from the residence of the minister.
The situation turned ugly, when the protesters refused to listen to the police which wanted to prevent them from reaching the minister's residence.
But the teachers began removing police barricades blocking their way to the minister's house, he said.
During lathi-charge, four teachers were injured, one of them a woman, the protesters said.
Police said one of their men too was injured in the melee.
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