Jammu, May 14 -- More than 27 years after a respected school principal was brutally murdered for refusing to compromise his principles, Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Gandhi Nagar, was on Thursday officially renamed in his honour.
In an emotional ceremony attended by family members, teachers, students, and public representatives, Education Minister Sakina Itoo inaugurated the renamed institution, which will now be known as Kuldeep Kumar Badyal Memorial Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Gandhi Nagar. The decision is a long-awaited tribute to the late principal, Kuldeep Kumar Badyal, who was killed on February 3, 1999, after he refused to issue a forged document related to a student's practical examination. Badyal was known ...