Principal of Bilat Shah Sarwodaya Secondary School at Sinurjoda, Janakpur, Narendra Kumar Sharma was shot while he was on his way to school on Sunday morning.

Sharma and another teacher at the same school Ananda Kumar Mandal were on their way to school on their motorcycle when two motorcycle-borne men opened fire at him some two kilometers west from Laxminiya market area in the district. Sharma has received bullet injuries on his face and was flown to Grande Hospital in Dhapasi, Kathmandu, in a chopper for treatment.

Mandal, meanwhile, fainted on the scene when Sharma was shot. They were taken to Janakpur Zonal Hospital by locals.

DSP Lalmani Acharya informed police has intensified search for the perpetrators and interrogating Mandal about the incident.