Bihar Class 10 exam turns tragic as student killed in firing by classmate

The accused had fired to take revenge from a classmate who had bullied and assaulted him for long but the bullets hit two innocent examinees. RAUSHAN KUMAR, Rohtas SP

- Prasun K Mishra

SASARAMIN: In a tragic incident, an examinee of Bihar School Examination Board Class 10 examination was killed and another was critically injured during firing by another examinee on NH 19 (GT Road) near Tata Motors Agency under Dhaudand police station area of Rohtas district on Thursday evening.

The deceased was identified as Amit Kumar and critically injured as Sanjeet Kumar, both being residents of Shambhu Bigha village in Dehri Mufassil police station. They were returning home on an auto-rickshaw from the examination centre in Saint Anna High School at Sasaram, police said.

The victim and accused, all in the age group of 15 to 17, were students of the same high school at Dehri and were appearing in Class 10 board exams at the same examination centre at Sasaram.