Student sets MP principal on fire

INDORE: A woman principal of a private college in Indore in Madhya Pradesh was critically injured after an ex-student allegedly poured petrol on her and set her ablaze on Monday on the issue of a marksheet, a police official said.
Vimukta Sharma, 54, principal of private BM College of Pharmacy in Simrol area, was set on fire by her college's former student Ashutosh Srivastava,24, IGP (Rural) Rajesh Gupta said. "The college was closed and Sharma was plucking 'bilva patra' leaves from a tree on the campus. She suffered 80 % burns and is hospitalised in a critical condition. Srivastava has been arrested," Gupta said. The accused has claimed he studied B Pharma at the college and had cleared his examination in July last year but was not being given his marksheet, Gupta said.
As per college authorities, his marksheet had not reached them as yet, Gupta added. Sources said Srivastava had allegedly attacked a college professor with a knife four months ago over the same dispute. Srivastava was arrested in that case and released on bail.