Robertsganj, Mar 30 : In a daring criminal act, a principal of an inter college under Kotwali police station area in Sonebhadra district was shot dead on Saturday early morning when he was on his routine morning walk.
The criminals shot five rounds on the state teacher awardee Suresh Yadav(62), principal of an inter college at Chapka village at around 0530 hours near his house. He died on the spot.
Three youths, on a motorcycle, came and fired on the principal. Later they left the spot leaving the country made pistol from which they had fired.
The deceased, a native of Saranath in Varanasi, was also the local representative of teacher MLC Chetnarain Singh. He was conferred with state teacher award in 2018.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Salamat Taj Patil, who immediately rushed to the spot, told media persons that a manhunt has been launched to nab the culprit adding that police was investigating the reason behind the crime.
However, the family members of the principal alleged that there was some dispute on the land of the college in which he was killed.
