A teacher of a govt school was stabbed to death by two Class XII students in front of their classmates in Nangloi area in Delhi, police said on Tuesday.

According to the reports the incident happened after teacher had rusticated one of the two students for low attendance.

Search operation is on to nab the students, police said.

A teacher of a Govt School in Nangloi (Delhi) stabbed to death by 2 Class XII students in front of their classmates yesterday.

— ANI (@ANI_news) September 27, 2016

The teacher had rusticated one of the two students for low attendance. Both the students have been apprehended (in pic: the teacher) pic.twitter.com/7TwOw9fCGA — ANI (@ANI_news) September 27, 2016

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