Patna, Feb 17 (IANS) A school teacher who had won the President's Award was shot dead while he was teaching in his classroom in a Bihar town Tuesday, the police said.

Tun Bahadur, a teacher in the Marahiya primary school in Khagaria district, was murdered by unidentified men in front of students, the police said.

Manju Devi, also a school teacher, was beaten to death in Nawada district by some people, they said.

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It is indeed extremely sad to hear the news of brutal killing of a President's Award winning school teacher in Khagaria in the school classroom itself and that too in front of his own dear students ! What a disgusting and shameful act of cowardice by the criminals ! The only other day, our Hon'ble Chief Minister of Bihar was crying horse and accusing the NRIs particularly NRBs for coming to India for only picnicing and not investing in Bihar. Sir, who will dare to invest in Bihar if this type killings, extortions, abductions go on continuing in the State almost on daily basis ? Already, the wonderful network several world class teachers for training students for all national level examinations like IITs, AIIMS, Civil Services and several professional coaching institutes based in Patna and elsewhere have vanished or eliminated by extortionists and killers. Several successful businessmen have left the state due to security concerns. In this scenario, how are we going to convince the prospective investors ? No doubt a lot of improvement in the law and order situation is there in comparision to previous regime. But that is no reason to be complacent about it ! What we need today the rule of law to be strictly inforced on every inch of our land so that no more dons or robinhood are born in the society.

I request the Hon'ble Chief Minister to order his law and order machinery to immediately capture the the murderers and subject them to fast trial court for exemplary capital punishment so that such dastardly acts of violence are not repeated in future.

The Award winning teacher must be suitably awarded posthumously who laid down his life by offering supreme sacrifice of great teacher. May his soul rest in peace at the Lotus Feets of the Almighty.

Aamen !
Dr. R.P.Raman
Sr. Scientist
rpraman1@rediffmail.com