Chennai: In a bizarre incident, a ninth standard school teacher was allegedly murdered by her student in a private school in the city on Thursday.
Police said the incident took place at the St Mary’s Anglo Indian School situated at Armenian Street in the busy Parry’s corner of the city, opposite to the Madras High Court complex.
The teacher, Uma Maheswari, was taking ninth standard Hindi classes when the incident occurred.
Mohd Irman, who was her student, suddenly pounced on her, stabbed her with a hidden knife indiscriminately, police added.
The teacher suffered multiple cut wounds on her stomach, even as awestruck fellow students stood helplessly. The teacher immediately swooned and bled to death on the spot.
Police quoting preliminary investigations, said Mohd Imran was upset after the teacher had complained about him to his parents.
After terrified students raised an alarm, students from other classes and fellow teachers took her to Government Hospital, where she was declared dead.
They also overpowered Mohd Imran and handed him over to the police.
There were about six students present in the classroom when the horrifying incident took place, the first ever such murder shocked the Chennai City.
Tension prevailed in the school premises and the management declared a holiday for the day.
Senior police officials rushed to the spot.
As the news spread, panic stricken parents rushed to the school to take their wards home. A large number of students and teachers thronged the Government Hospital where the body of the teacher was kept. (UNI)
