Archive · 22 Aug 2025
Student Shoots Teacher After Being Slapped in Uttarakhand
A student in India brought a gun to school and shot his teacher.
The teacher had slapped the student earlier for not knowing an answer.
The boy hid the gun in his lunchbox.
After the mid-morning break, the boy shot the teacher.
Other teachers caught the boy and held him until the police arrived.
The teacher had surgery and is now stable.
The police are trying to find out where the boy got the gun.
A class 9 student shot his teacher at a school in Uttarakhand.
The student concealed a pistol in his lunchbox.
The teacher was shot after being slapped for not answering a question.
The teacher, Gagandeep Singh Kohli, underwent emergency surgery.
Police arrested the student, Samarath Bajwa, and are investigating the source of the weapon.
- Who
- Samarath Bajwa shot his teacher, Gagandeep Singh Kohli.
- What
- A class 9 student shot his teacher with a concealed pistol.
- When
- August 20, after mid-morning break.
- Where
- Shri Gurunanak Senior Secondary School in Uttarakhand, India.
- Why
- The student shot the teacher after being slapped by him for not answering a question.
- Victim
- Gagandeep Singh Kohli
- Suspect
- Samarath Bajwa
- Location
- Shri Gurunanak Senior Secondary School
- City
- Uttarakhand
- Gun Type
- Pistol
- Injuries
- Gunshot wound under the right shoulder
