Thanjavur: A 26-year-old teacher working at a government school was fatally stabbed by a 30-year-old man whose wedding proposal the deceased did not accept in Tamil Nadu's Cauvery delta district, on Wednesday.
The incident was reported at a Mallipattinam Government Higher Secondary School and the deceased was identified as Ramani (26).
The assailant walked into the staff room where the victim was waiting for her class hour to teach. He stabbed her multiple times in full view of her fellow teachers.
The teachers, however, managed to pin him down and the injured was rushed to a government hospital in the vicinity where the doctors declared her brought dead on arrival.
Police identified the youth as Mathan, (30), a resident of Chinnamanai locality in the same district.
A case has been registered against the youth who had claimed personal motives in carrying out the deadly attack on the teacher.
Police sources said the teacher had joined this school only four months ago.
Locals gathered around the school and sought stringent action against the accused.
Tamil Nadu School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi condemned the fatal attack on the teacher.
“Violence against teachers cannot be tolerated. Strict legal action will be taken against the attacker. We express our deepest condolences to the bereaved family, students and fellow teachers of teacher Ramani,” the Minister wrote from his official social media handle on platform X.
தஞ்சாவூர் மாவட்டம் மல்லிப்பட்டினம் அரசுப் பள்ளியில் பணிபுரிந்த ஆசிரியர் ரமணி அவர்களின் மீதான தாக்குதலை வன்மையாக கண்டிக்கின்றோம்.
— Anbil Mahesh (@Anbil_Mahesh) November 20, 2024
ஆசிரியர்கள் மீதான வன்முறையை துளியும் சகித்துக் கொள்ள முடியாது. தாக்குதலை நடத்தியவர் மீது கடுமையான சட்ட நடவடிக்கை மேற்கொள்ளப்படும்.
ஆசிரியர் ரமணி…
What happened?
K Krishnamoorthy, headmaster of Mallipattinam government school, has sent a report to the Chief Educational Officer of Thanjavur.
His report revealed the deceased joined duty on June 10 as a temporary BT teacher. She was teaching Tamil to classes 6 to 9.
It also narrated the turn of events, leading to the murder.
"As she does not have classes in the first hour, she was in the teachers room. At 10.10 am, she came out and was talking to Mathan. An unassuming Ramani was stabbed multiple times in the neck and stomach by Mathan. He attempted to flee but was caught by our school teachers. He was then later handed over to the police. As we moved her to Pattukottai Government Hospital for treatment, she died en route," Krishnamoorthy said in the report.
