A college principal was shot at by unidentified assailants near Mahuara village here today, following which several irate students of the institution clashed with police, leaving four of their personnel injured in the violence.
Principal Shiv Pratap Misra of Sri Shankar Inter College, Pushpnagar, was on his way to the institution when three bike-borne miscreants fired at him and looted his vehicle near Mahuara village in Didargang police station area this morning, SP (City) Vishal Kumar said.
Irate students of the college started protesting and later clashed with police which reached the spot after the incident, SP said.
The students indulged in brick-batting and arson, damaging several police vehicles, he said.
Circle officer Phulpur Satyendra Kumar Singh, Police Station in-charge of Didarganj Kumud Shekhar Singh and two constables were injured in the incident, he informed.
Personnel from nearby police stations were rushed to the spot alongwith PAC and the situation was brought under control.
Two of the policemen and the principal were undergoing treatment at a hospital and the hunt was on to trace the three miscreants, Kumar added.
