Guest teacher shot dead in Delhi

New Delhi Nov 20 (IANS) A guest teacher was on Monday shot dead by four to five unidentified assailants in north Delhi police said.

Police said Deepak 31 a resident of Tajpur Kalan in west Delhi was found lying in a pool of blood near the MCD primary school in Swaroop Nagar.

Prima facie it appears to be a case of personal animosity police said adding that all possible angles to the crime were being probed.

The armed assailants riding a car called Deepak near to school around 4.30 p.m. and fired at him following an argument. Deepak was shot half a dozen times.

Deepak died on the spot while his assailants fled the spot.

"We are examining closed-circuit television footage from nearby areas to ascertain the identities of the accused " a senior police officer said.

--IANS
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