Double murder in B'luru park: Mother of woman stabbed to death kills daughter's murderer
Bengaluru, Apr 18: In a case of double murder in Bengaluru, a 24-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed to death by her acquaintance who later died on the spot after he was hit with a stone by the woman's mother at Jayanagar area here on Thursday, police said.
The deceased were identified as Anusha and 44-year-old Suresh. They had known each other for five years, they said.
A preliminary investigation has revealed that the Anusha and Suresh had an altercation in the park because she had begun distancing herself from him, which he did not take well. She did not want to have any association with him, the police said.
They met at the park where he allegedly stabbed her twice, a senior police officer said.
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Before stepping out of her house, Anusha had informed her mother that she was going to meet someone in the park for five minutes and would be back soon. Suspecting that something was amiss, the mother followed her daughter to the park and ended up witnessing Anusha being stabbed in front of her, he said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Lokesh Bharamappa Jagalasar said that Anusha and Suresh were killed around 4.45 pm at Sarakki Park in Jayanagar.
"Based on the investigation so far, it appears that Suresh stabbed Anusha. Anusha’s mother rushed to save her and in that bid, she hit Suresh on his head with a stone and he died on the spot. We are currently interrogating an eyewitness in the case," he said.
Anusha was grievously injured, with one injury on her chest and another on her neck. She was declared brought dead at the hospital, he added.
"Both of them knew each other from their workplace. Anusha was a caretaker, while Suresh worked for an event management company. Anusha was trying to keep her distance from him, which may have led to this incident," the DCP said.
Two separate cases have been registered in connection with the incident and the mother of the deceased is being questioned, police said, adding that further investigation is underway.
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Bengaluru: Deployment of 1 lakh teachers for census sparks backlash
Bengaluru: The state government’s decision to deploy over one lakh government school teachers for the 2027 population census has drawn strong criticism from the teaching community over increased workload.
Teachers from primary, higher primary and high schools will be involved in census enumeration starting April 16, while the self-evaluation process is already under way from April 1 to 15, The New Indian Express reported.
However, teachers have already expressed displeasure over the census duty assigned to them. They have said that there is no vacations or holidays for them due to extra workload apart from academic work assigned to them by the Department of School Education and Literacy.
After evaluating exam papers, they have to rush door-to-door collecting data on the total number of family members.
A high school teacher from Chikkaballapur government high school said, “I am on SSLC exam duty and April 2 will be the last exam. From April 7 to 12, we need to finish the evaluation of answer papers of exam-1. From April 16, we need to rush to complete the population census.
With the harsh summer, we need to do this job from 6.30am to 11.30am and resume again from 4.30pm to 8.30pm. Again, we have to resume exam duty for SSLC exam-1 from the first week of May 2026. At least they exempt SSLC exam evaluators like us. It is difficult to manage it throughout the year.”
Chandrashekar Nuggali, president, Karnataka State Primary School Teachers Association (KPSTA), said they have written to the Revenue Department to provide exemptions for teachers above 50 years of age due to health concerns and rising temperatures, but the proposal was rejected.
“This decision was taken after school teachers died on duty during the SIR process in other states. However, the Revenue Department has rejected our request. We had also requested the School Education Department to exempt teachers on SSLC exam duty from the population census job, but even that has been rejected. We have tried to speak to different ministers but nothing has worked in favour of teachers so far.”
Responding to the concerns, School Education and Literacy Minister Madhu Bangarappa said the issue was discussed in the Assembly, acknowledging that it adds to teachers’ workload. “While we understand the problem, we cannot involve or outsource agencies for these kinds of important tasks requiring data collection. So we have to deploy teachers on census enumeration duty,” he said.
When asked if there is a discussion to bring a new Act to not involve teachers in any other jobs except academics, he said, “For now, there are no such talks, and it is difficult to bring one.”
