UPPER DIR: Police right here on Wednesday arrested scores of newly appointed Class-IV staff of the district headquarters hospital over their protest towards the district account officer for not releasing their salaries.
The protesters gathered outdoors the account workplace and chanted slogans towards the officer for not releasing their salaries regardless of lapse of two months. They alleged that the DAO was not releasing their salaries on the behest of a outstanding political chief.
Later, police got here to the account workplace and arrested the protesters. SHO Hamayun Khan stated that police have been referred to as on the request of DAO. He stated that the protesters violated ban on gatherings.
Printed in Daybreak, March 25th, 2020
