School teacher shot dead by unidentified miscreants

Kolkata: A school teacher from Raghunathpur area in Purulia was shot dead by unidentified miscreants on Friday evening.

The incident took place when the victim, Chinmoy Mondal, was returning home after buying some sports equipment for his school.

According to the police, the victim was riding his motorcycle when the miscreants stopped his way. He was just a few metres away from his house at Raghunathpur when he was shot at.

Mondal tried to flee the spot when one of the miscreants took out a gun and shot at him.

The victim received bullet injuries on his face and fell on the ground.

The miscreants fled the spot immediately after the incident. After hearing the sound of the gunshot, locals gathered at the spot and found him lying in a pool of blood.

He was immediately rushed to the Raghunathpur Super-specialty hospital where the doctors pronounced him brought dead.

The body was later sent for postmortem examination.

The police are yet to confirm the motive behind his murder.

A teacher of a local school at Raghunathpur, the victim had gone to a nearby market to buy sports equipment for the school. He was returning home at around 10.30 pm.

His wife, Papia, told the police that the victim had no personal rivalry with anyone. She demanded a probe into the incident.

Police are conducting raids to nab the culprits who were behind the attack.

According to the preliminary investigation, police suspect that an old rivalry might have led to the incident.

A detailed probe has been initiated in this regard.