India, Jan. 26 -- Pratap Nagar in Kurar village in Malad east was enveloped in grief when the body of Alok Singh, 33, arrived at 11C, SRA building, in Kurar village, in Malad east. Singh's wife Puja was inconsolable and other family members heartbroken.

Relatives later said that, to soften the blow, Puja was initially told that her husband had died in an accident. She learnt that he was stabbed to death only after the funeral.

Singh had joined NM College in Vile Parle as a mathematics and statistics teacher in 2024 and was teaching in the junior college division. Married only two years ago, he is remembered by family, friends and neighbours as pleasant and soft-spoken.

"I have never seen him raise his voice," said Singh's brother-in-la...