New Delhi: In a blood-chilling incident, a school principal was hacked to death in front of 20 students of class tenth during a special class.

The principal was reportedly taking special class for the 20 students when he was allegedly killed by a six member gang in front of his students.

The sixty year old principal named Ranganath of Havanur Public School was holding class when the assailants barged into the classroom and hacked him to death.

After killing the principal the criminals fled in the car in which they came to the school.

Later one of the gang member was nabbed after a brief police chase in which he received a bullet in his leg. He was later taken to a hospital for the treatment of his leg injury.

The reason behind the brutal killing though remains unknown so far, police suspects a land dispute relating to school building as one of the reason.

(Inputs from PTI)