Chennai, February 12: The 15-year-old boy who killed his teacher in a classroom in the city apparently after she complained about his grades has told cops that he doesn't want to meet his parents.
"I've brought dishonour to my family. I can't face them," a police officer quoted him as saying.
The boy's father, a businessman, told police that he had scolded his son after the teacher made adverse remarks against him. He hadn't imagined, though, that the boy would vent his anger in such an extreme manner.
The teenager, who was arrested on Thursday soon after he committed the crime, is now being kept in a government juvenile home.
A day after Hindi teacher R Uma Maheshwari was killed, investigators found that she had made 13 adverse entries in the boy's school diary, reprimanding him for failing class tests. On Thursday, the boy went to school with a knife and stabbed the teacher, who was waiting for students for a special class.
Police had taken the boy to the Esplanade police station, where he was interviewed before being sent to the home. He told police officers that he didn't want to meet his parents.
"He was so nervous," said an officer who interviewed him. "He didn't know how to face his parents."
When a police team took him to the Stanley Medical College Hospital for treating a hand injury he sustained during the incident, he kept staring at the floor.
"He didn't look up even once," said a policeman.
His father broke down on seeing the boy being taken away in a police vehicle.
A juvenile justice board, comprising a metropolitan magistrate and two social workers, is expected to complete an inquiry into the incident in four months. The board will then decide on the period of sentence.
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