New Delhi: A Class 8 student of a government school in South Delhi’s Saket attacked his teacher with an iron rod inside the classroom on Saturday, the police said. The teacher is undergoing treatment while the student is still at large.

The victim, Shyam Sundar, is an English teacher. He was seriously injured in the incident.

On Saturday morning, Mr Sundar spotted an iron rod and a notebook inside the accused student’s bag while going through it.

The juvenile was threatened that his parents would be informed about the rod. While it was being taken away from him, he attacked the teacher with the same rod.

After the incident, the 12-year-old boy managed to climb the boundary wall of the school and escaped soon after.

The police reached the spot after being informed at around 9.30 am and found the teacher lying in a pool of blood, said officials. He was immediately rushed to the All India Institute for Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

It was not immediately clear why the student was carrying a rod to the school in the first place.