Telangana school principal stabbed 27 times, two Class 10 students held

Two Class 10 students have been detained for the murder of a school principal in Nalgonda district, who was found dead with 27 stab injuries at her home on August 12. Police said the 48-year-old victim, Kallu Roopa Reddy, was principal and director of Nagarjuna Grammar English Medium School in Kondamallepally.

According to district SP Sarath Chandra Pawar, the two minors planned the robbery five days in advance, believing the principal had cash from school fee collections at home. One student entered by jumping over the compound wall wearing a mask, but the mask came off and the victim recognised him, leading to the attack. The accused took her mobile phone and cash before fleeing.

Police recovered Rs 1.54 lakh in cash and the victim's phone from one student, with bloodstains on the notes confirmed as human blood. The student who carried out the stabbing had been shifted from hostel to day-scholar status after the principal reprimanded him for having cash and a phone in his bag. The two will be produced before the Juvenile Justice Board.