India, Dec. 3 -- A 28-year-old teacher from Uttar Pradesh was shot dead near a government school in Bihar's Araria district on Wednesday morning.

The teacher, recruited through TRE-1 by the Bihar Public Service Commission in 2023, was posted at Middle School Kanhaili in Narpatganj block when the incident occurred.

"She was about to reach school when two armed criminals on a bike stopped her and shot her from very close range, and she died on the spot at around 9 am," a police officer said.

The police are probing the case and trying to find the motive behind the murder, superintendent of police (SP) Anjani Kumar said.

SP Kumar added that the police have recorded statements from staff members, and the family members of the deceased teac...