The teacher fainted around 2 pm in the afternoon, when he and other agitating Surat Shahar Manya Khangi Prathamik Shikshak Sangh (SSMKPSS) members were called for a meeting by the DEO and Additional Collector. Patil was rushed to the New Civil Hospital, where he has been put on a drip. He had threatened self-immolation at 3 pm outside the collectorate.

The Surat Shahar Manya Khangi Prathamik Shikshak Sangh has been agitating against Patil's suspension by the management, saying that he is a medal-winning teacher, and that he was suspended while the vacations were still on. Surat Shahar Manya Khangi Prathamik Shikshak Sangh President Deepak Patel also alleged that he was beaten up in full public view in front of the school and kidnapped earlier.

Meanwhile, a group of about ten teachers continued their dharna outside the collectorate for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday. Patel told Express Newsline that a posse of policemen led by a PSI had come over in the afternoon and asked the agitating group to wind up their protest or they would be arrested. When they said that they did not mind being arrested, they were left alone, Patel claimed.