In Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, a class 12 student shot dead the school principal, Surendra Kumar Saxena. He died on the spot. The case is from Dhamura Government School around 1 pm on Friday. After the incident, the accused student absconded with the principal's scooter. Police nabbed the accused from Naugaon a few hours after the incident.
It is being told that the principal called the student's father several times and complained. Said your son is undisciplined. Take care of it. Since then he was upset with the principal. The accused used to come to school with a pistol for the last one week. He threatened everyone. He said that he will kill the principal and the teacher who complained to my family.
The students said- the accused used to comment on the students During police interrogation, students of the school said that the accused used to make comments on the female students in the school and tease them. The students complained to the teacher and principal about this. The principal explained the student in strict terms, but he was not ready to believe. On this the principal called his family members to the school and complained about the son. After explaining, he threatened to kill the teacher.
Acharya Surendrakumar Saxena. File photo
Attacked the principal in the bathroom
- Police said the student had come to school on Friday morning. After lunch, he suddenly entered the principal's room, but the principal was not there. When he asked the students where Sir was, he asked them to go to the bathroom. After this he quickly went to the bathroom and fired at them from behind. The bullet hit the principal in the head and he collapsed. He fled as students who went to a nearby bathroom screamed.
- Police said the accused also threatened to shoot them if they said anything. He reached the office brandishing a pistol. Took the key of principal's scooter kept on the table here. threw down the helmet and tried to break the chair. After this he started the scooty threatening the children and fled from there. Seeing the threat of the accused and the knife in hand, all the teachers took the children inside the class and closed the door. After the accused left, he opened the door and informed the police.
Four pictures related to the incident
A Class 12 student opened fire at Dhamura Higher Secondary School in Chhatarpur.
The student entered the bathroom and shot the principal. Died on the spot.
The student who ran away after being shot was caught on CCTV camera.
As soon as the information was received, the police reached the spot. School staff and children were questioned.
The principal's brother said – this is a planned murder Principal's younger brother Rajendra Saxena said that my brother was posted in this school for about 4-5 years, but some people were putting unnecessary pressure on him. They used to torture them to make them do wrong things. The school gate is always closed, but today it was kept open. Anyone can enter, anyone can go. I think this murder was done as part of a plan, so that the accused could escape easily after committing the crime.
Teacher said- Doubt on 12th standard student Harishankar Joshi, a resident teacher at the school, said that I had gone for a survey of the literacy campaign. While returning from there I saw the students going home. When I asked him why he was fired, he told me that someone had shot the principal. I immediately dialed 100 and called 108.
Sahib had no dispute with anyone. He was a very good person. A student studying with said that the accused boy is studying in class 12. While fleeing, he threatened the children not to testify.
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