Teacher’s body kept in school by kin to claim pay

In a drama that continued for almost five hours, desperate family members of a deceased school teacher, kept his body in the school to demand for unpaid wages.

Matafer Yadav, 47, a resident of Indira Nagar, Amraiwadi died on Tuesday morning at Krunal Hospital of TB. But his family members brought his body to the premises of Utkarsh High School, Amraiwadi, where he worked as a teacher, to demand for unpaid salary amounting to Rs4 lakh.

He had not been paid his salary for the past 36 months.
Yadav had been expelled by the school authorities for his alleged involvement in a narcotics case in 2004. However, later on he was acquitted by the court. But the district education officer in the city did not allow Yadav to draw his salary for the last three years despite his acquittal.

Meanwhile, Yadav learnt that he was suffering from TB and approached the district education officer (DEO) to ask for his pay. But no action was taken.

Yadav was first admitted to civil hospital and then moved to Krunal Hospital where he died on Tuesday. The desperate family members initially refused to take the dead body in a bid to protest against the school and DEO. Later on they brought the body to the school where Yadav used to teach.

According to school principal, SK Tripathi, it is the DEO who has to clear the salaries. He said that school has already cleared the process but the matter is pending with the DEO.  The DEO KK Rathore refused to comment on the incident.