PATNA: A woman teacher was allegedly shot dead by bike-borne assailants in Bihar's Araria district on Wednesday, triggering panic.
The deceased, Shivani Kumari (28), posted at Middle School Khabadh Kanhaili, was a resident of Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh.
The incident occurred when Shivani was on her way to school in Khabadh Kanhaili village, under the Narpatganj police station area.
She was travelling from her rented house in Forbesganj when two bikers intercepted her.
According to a police official, about a hundred metres from the school, near a Shiva temple, two masked men on a motorcycle stopped her scooter, forced her to remove her helmet, and then shot her on the head at point-blank range. Shivani collapsed and succumbed on the spot.
Local villagers rushed to help after witnessing people running towards the school.