School teacher’s condition improves slightly

Thursday, September 29, 2011: The condition of the 47-year-old school teacher (Krishnakumar) who has been admitted at the Thiruvananthapuram medical college hospital after he was brutally assaulted by a gang of unidentified persons in Kollam, has improved slightly.

The hospital authorities informed that Krishnakumar has regained his consciousness and is showing improvement in his health condition. The police investigation team is most likely to record his statements in connection with the incident.

Krishnakumar is a teacher in RVVHS School owned by the family of former state minister and Kerala Congress (B) leader R Balakrishna Pillai, who is now serving one year imprisonment in a corruption case.

Police said Krishnakumar was found in a serious condition on the roadside at Valakam near Kottarakkara in Kollam district late last night. Krishnakumar’s wife Geetha, who is also a teacher in the same school, alleged that her husband has, of late, been not on good terms with the school management.

Locals told police they saw Krishnakumar being thrown out of a white car at night and later lying in a pool of blood. Krishnakumar was first taken to Kottarakkara Taluk Hospital, but doctors there referred him to MCH.

Kottarakkara DYSP K.M. Anto said Krishnakumar was seen at Nilamel Junction at 10 pm while returning from Kadakkal.

“He was possibly attacked elsewhere and dropped at MLA Junction,” he said, adding, “We have registered an attempted murder case.”
Krishnakumar is involved in a running battle with the school management and is the prime witness in a vigilance case against it for irregularities.

His wife Geetha became headmistress of the school after winning a court case against the management.

He had recently lodged a complaint that he was getting death threats from the management, but police denied it, sources said. Meanwhile, Pillai’s son and forest minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar said he had no connection with the school.