Dhakuakhana, Oct 15: Educationist and retired headmistress Padmabati Koch died at her residence in Baruatika village in Dhakuakhana at around 3.30 am on Thursday.
Koch devoted 42 years to teaching at Dhakuakhana High School and retired as its headmistress on August 31 this year. She spent her entire teaching career at the school where she had also studied during her childhood.
She leaves behind five daughters, sons-in-law and other relatives.
Her death has left former students, colleagues and the school fraternity mourning her loss, while the news has cast a pall of gloom over the Dhakuakhana region.
