Unidentified persons shot headmaster of a primary school when he was going to the school on Thursday morning in Chandauli district. The assailants were on a motorcycle and sped off the scene while waving pistol in air.
The victim identified as Rajesh Kumar Yadav of Mahmadpur village under Balua police station was posted at primary school in Sonbas locality. He left for the school in the morning. Around 7.45 am when he was at Ramdatpur village the assailants came in his way. The eyewitnesses said the pillion rider shot at Rajesh unprovoked aiming his chest. As the bullet ridden Rajesh fell down on the ground the miscreants fled the scene. The villagers called the police and a police team reached the place for investigation.
The police said Rajesh would have been killed on some personal enmity. The cops did not rule out property related dispute as the motive behind the murder. The police said the family were yet to name any person behind the fatal attack and said a case had been registered against unidentified miscreants.