Chennai: Shocking - Boy Stabs Teacher to Death for 'Scolding him'

Daijiworld Media Network

Chennai, Feb 9: In a shocking incident, a boy of class 9 stabbed his teacher to death reportedly for scolding him.

The incident was reported from St Mary's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School here on Thursday February 9.

15-year-old Mohammed Irfan, son of daily wager, allegedly stabbed his Hindi teacher Uma Maheshwari in the neck and face. However, it is learnt that the boy was not in the same, but barged into her classroom in the morning. The class was not in session, but a few students were present.

The students who began screaming and shouting were threatened by the boy. He fled the room soon after the stabbing, but was caught by other teachers and students.

An eyewitness said that the teacher died on the spot, but police said that she died on the way to hospital.

Police said that the boy during interrogation said that he was angry with the teacher for scolding him. However, it is not yet known why he was scolded or if there is any other motive behind the act.

Sources also said that the Irfan was angry with the teacher for repeatedly marking his performance as 'not satisfactory' and complaining to his parents.

A visibly shocked Fr A Bosco, school administrator, told reporters that the boy had come prepared to attack the teacher with a knife in his bag.

Irfan was known to be a quiet student who would be to himself most of the time, said his schoolmates.

The incident has sent shockwaves across Chennai. While parents rushed to the school, the school management declared a day's holiday.