Nanded:
In a shocking incident on Teacher's Day, a teacher who was dismissed from service tried to set himself on fire in front of Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan in Nanded.
The incident occurred when Chavan was attending a Teacher's Day function.
The teacher, Ashok Geete, tried to immolate himself by pouring kerosene but was stopped before he could set himself on fire.
Apart from Chavan, Maharashtra Education Minister Balasaheb Thorat was also present on the spot.
Geete used to work in Chief Minister's personal assistant Vaidynath Jadhav's school. He was dismissed from service earlier.
He had appealed to the school tribunal which ordered his reinstatement but the order was never put in effect.