Teacher runs away with gold ornaments of students in Nellore
Nellore: A school teacher ran away with gold ornaments worth Rs 3 lakh of girl students.
The incident came to light when the school management lodged a complaint with Vedayapalem police on Saturday.
Vivek John Pal Reddy was working as teacher in local Sadhana School as Mathematics teacher.
He informed to the girl students, who are studying 10th standard that there was a scholarship test and asked them attend in civil dress wearing gold ornaments.
He subsequently said that all should be looking poor and asked them to deposit gold ornaments with him till visitors leave the school.
He reportedly collected valuables from the teachers too. He absconded with the gold ornaments.
Management, who received complaint from the students, informed the police about the incident. Police found that Vivek was from Proddatur in Kadapa district.