Chennai:
A Class 9 student allegedly stabbed his Hindi teacher in the classroom on Thursday at a private Chennai' school. The 39-year-old teacher, Uma Maheshwari, has died.
At about 10.50 am yesterday, the student hid a knife in a book, rushed ahead of his classmates as class began and allegedly stabbed Ms Maheshwari repeatedly, Father Bosco Perianayagam, said in a statement he read out. As other students raised an alarm, the boy reportedly hid in a bathroom. He was found and handed over to the police.
The police, who questioned the boy, say Ms Maheshwari, who taught both Science and Hindi, was reportedly a strict teacher and one who wrote regularly to parents about their children's academic performance. Police say this might have provoked the boy into allegedly attacking her. (
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The boy has been charged with murder and will be confined at a juvenile home. Police say they might have him medically examined and are also investigating to see how he performed at school and whether he had been violent in the past.
Uma Maheshwari has two children. Father Bosco said the school was "in deep grief. This is an unexpected incident." The school will be closed for four days.
(With Agency inputs)