The Deputy Ashanti Regional Police Commander has been removed from his position while two other senior officers have also been interdicted following initial police probe into the chaos at the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi on Monday.
A police statement said the conduct of officers who responded to the protest by the students fell short of the professional police conduct on crowd control.
About twenty students were hospitalised after police fired pepper spray and warning shorts to disperse the crowd of students who had blocked the road during the protest.
Students and Police officers who were injured in the process have been treated and discharged.
Meanwhile, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has assured students of Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi that his outfit will do all it can to protect them.
“Each and every one of you has been brought to this world to achieve a particular purpose for which no other person can accomplish it. Therefore we have a responsibility to ensure that all of you are safe and live to your full potential so as for you to be able to distinguish yourself and your God giving destiny for this generation and general unborn.
“Therefore, anything that will take you out of this world before the accomplishment of your destiny is something that is ungodly and we will do whatever it takes to ensure that it doesn’t happen,” Dr. Dampare assured the students.
