Tamil Nadu was shocked on Thursday by the gruesome murder of the principal of an engineering college by his own students.
Prof lRD Suresh, the 53-year-old principal of Infant Jesus College of Engineering at Thoothukudy, was hacked to death on his way to college by three of his students. They stopped his car at the college gate, dragged him out and hacked him to death with sickles and swords at 8.20 am on Thursday.
The principal, a known disciplinarian, had placed the killer student, Pitchaikannan, under suspension for five days from Monday for assaulting another student. Pitchaikannan, G Danish, and M Prabhaharan have been arrested and booked for murder.