2 Class 12 boys stab govt school teacher in Nangloi

NEWDELHI: Two Class 12 students stabbed a government school teacher in west Delhi on Monday evening .

Police said that though there were around 6-7 students at the crime spot, they have identified two boys who stabbed Mukesh Kumar,45, because he had complained to their parents about their acts of indiscipline in school.

The incident was reported from the Government Boys Senior Secondary School, Sultanpuri Road, in Nangloi. School authorities said Kumar, a Hindi teacher, was allegedly stabbed with a knife in one of the school rooms after the examination was over. Kumar is critical and on ventilator support at the Balaji Action hospital.

Badan Singh, principal, said around 6-7 boys students were there when Kumar was stabbed. Singh said the school had rusticated one of the accused for irregular attendance.

“At around 5 pm when the exams were over, these students went to the room where Kumar was arranging the answer sheets and attacked him ,” said Singh.

Joint commissioner of police (south west) Deependra Pathak said the boys will be caught soon.

Other teachers said, the student involved in the incident, used to threaten them. “They threatened to shoot us if we took action against them,” said a teacher.

Saumya Gupta, Director(education), said, “It looks like the students were nursing a grudge against him because he had complained to their parents.”