India, Nov. 3 -- The sessions court on Monday framed charges against Mayor Ritu Tawde and six others who allegedly assaulted the management and teachers of a civic-run Urdu-medium school in Vakola, Santacruz in 2016 over the transfer of a cancer-afflicted teacher.

The charges were framed under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including assaulting or using criminal force against public servants to deter them from discharging their duties, voluntarily causing hurt to public servants, unlawful assembly and rioting. The court also invoked the provision that makes every member of an unlawful assembly liable for offences committed in furtherance of its common object.

The case dates back to July 29, 2016, when Tawde, along wi...