Teacher shot

A high school teacher suffered bullet wounds at his head and abdomen when a gang opened fire in Jaldhaka upazila of the district yesterday morning.

Bullet-hit Madhab Chandra Roy, 40, son of Keshab Chandra Roy of Dalia road in the upazila, also a teacher of Golmunda High School, is now undergoing treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital in a critical condition.

Quoting locals police said Madhab was going to his workplace on a battery driven auto-rickshaw around 9:45am.

On his way to the school, four youths, aged about 20/25 years, boarded on the vehicle and started poking and irritating the teacher.

As he protested the irritation, one of the youths shot Madhab with a pistol hidden and got down at Mominurer Danga.

After getting down from the three-wheeler, the four youths boarded on two motorbikes of their cohorts and fled the scene, said Rataneshwar Roy, one of Madhab's colleagues, also a co-passenger of the auto-rickshaw.

Hearing screams, locals rescued Madhab and rushed him to Jaldhaka Upazila Health Complex, from where he was referred to Rangpur Medical College Hospital as his condition deteriorated.

Police detained the auto rickshaw driver for interrogation.