Principal shoots girl for resisting sexual assault

Islamabad, August 02: Teachers are given place next to God. But a Principal here brought shame to his profession when he shot dead a female student after she resisted his attempt to sexually assault her, police said.

The 22-year-old student was studying in a computer training institute whose principal tried to molest him in Pakistan’s Punjab province. Her body was found in an under-construction house in Taxila city.

The institute’s principal has been arrested, the daily Dawn reported Tuesday.

A police official said the accused had tried to assault the student and on resistance he shot her on the head.