Expelled boy shoots dead his principal
yamunanagar — Livid at being reprimanded, a Class XII student on Saturday allegedly pumped four bullets into his school principal with his father’s licensed .32 bore revolver in Haryana, police said.
The student had been recently suspended and expelled from the school. Critically injured, 47-yearold Ritu Chhabra, principal of Swami Vivekanand school, was rushed to a hospital where she succumbed to her injuries, they said.
The police said that prima facie investigations suggest that the boy was accompanied by at least one of his friends. The four bullets hit her in the chest, stomach and shoulder, Yamunanagar Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kalia said over the phone. The incident took place in Yamunanagar between 11.30am and noon on Saturday.
After shooting the school principal, the 18-year-old commerce student tried to flee. However, a couple of parents, who were present for the parents-teachers meet in the school premises, caught hold him of with the help of locals, the SP said.
The student was thrashed by angry locals and then handed over to the police, an official said.
During preliminary investigation, the accused student told the police that he was upset with the school principal for allegedly reprimanding him a couple of times.
“He had a grudge against the school principal for reprimanding him few times in front of his class mates on the complaint of teachers,” the SP said adding that he was not attending school for the past few days.
The SP said the police were also investigating whether the accused was taking drugs. “He was supposed to attend his tuitions today. But rather than going to tuitions, he went to the school,” the officer said.
As he was a school student, he was allowed to meet the school principal, SP Kalia said. “He talked to the Principal for some time and then came out. He then again entered the principal’s room and opened fire at her with the revolver,” said the SP. During investigation, it came to light that the student stole his father’s licensed revolver by breaking the wooden Almirah at his home. He took the revolver without the knowledge of his parents, Kalia said.
School staff told the police that the student was angered over recent developments in the school which led to his expulsion. The student had been rusticated as he had low attendance and used to pick fights with others. The accused student’s father is a financier in Yamunanagar. — PTI, IANS