Student stabs teacher to death at Chennai school

Chennai - 09 Feb 2012: In a shocking incident a 40-year-old teacher was allegedly murdered by a student of class 9 at a private school on Armenian Street in Parry's Corner around 11.30 a.m. on Thursday. The teacher Umamaheshwari taught science and Hindi in the school for the past 8 to 10 years, according to her colleagues.

Sources in the school said, when the teacher was waiting in an empty classroom for the fourth period of the day to begin, the boy allegedly walked in and is believed to have slashed her throat and stabbed her in the stomach. The teacher raised an alarm which brought others rushing into the room. She died before she could be taken to hospital. Other students and teachers gheraoed the boy and later handed him over to police.

A classmate's parent, Ajmal Khan alleged that the boy was angry with the teacher for some time. "He was waiting for sometime and when he got the opportune moment, he carried out the act," Ajmal Khan said. Police officials came and later took him to the police station. Umamaheshwari's body was sent to Government General Hospital for post-mortem.

source: The Hindu