The differences between two officials of the Department of Public Instruction over solving a mathematical problem in a workshop for teachers, led to a clash in Arkalgud recently, leaving both injured and hospitalised.
S.N. Shivakumar, officer-in-charge of the midday meal scheme (Akshara Dasoha) in Arkalgud taluk, and Girijanand Mumbale, Education Coordinator, have filed complaints against each other.
Mr. Shivakumar, in his complaint, alleged that Mr. Mumbale found fault with his style of resolving a mathematical problem during the workshop and walked out of the programme on September 17. Later, he picked up an argument at his chamber on the issue and attempted to murder him with a knife. However, he escaped with a head injury, he said. He has been undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Hassan.
