In a shocking incident in Telangana, a Class 10 student allegedly stabbed his school’s principal 27 times and killed her after entering her house to commit robbery.
How police caught the students
They were both identified as JCL — juveniles in conflict with the law. JCL1, the main accused, was staying in the hostel of the private school where Rupa Reddy was the principal. Rupa Reddy’s brutal murder came to light when her husband, who was out of town, asked neighbours to check on her when she didn’t respond to his phone calls. The neighbours, in turn, alerted the police, who reached the house and found her dead.
Nalgonda district Superintendent of Police Sharat Chandra Pawar told reporters that both students were 16. He reportedly began holding a grudge against her around 20 days ago, when the principal caught him with money and a cell phone in his bag and asked him to vacate the hostel.
Police said that blood-stained cash and a phone were the key evidence against the boy. The boy was even made a day scholar, a police official said. SP Sharat Chandra Pawar said that JCL1’s main plan was to commit theft. However, he said, the boy killed Rupa Reddy, fearing she would complain to the police.
