Barmer : On Friday afternoon, a crazy young man attacked teachers with a knife in broad daylight at Raipuravi Chuli Bera of Dharana village in Siwana area of the district. The young man had also taken petrol along with the knife to the school. School headmaster Hardayal Saini resident of Jaipur, teacher Suresh Rajpurohit resident of Jagsa and villager Bhikharam were seriously injured in the attack. The injured were referred to Jodhpur AIIMS after first aid at the district hospital of Balotra. The condition of both the teachers is said to be critical. On receiving information about the incident, apart from Siwana DSP and Siwana police, police from nearby police stations also reached.
The villagers, enraged by the incident, blocked the road by staging a sit-in protest in the school. After this, Balotra SP Kundan Kanwaria and ASP Dharmendra Singh Yadav also reached the spot and inquired about the entire incident from the villagers, students and teachers. The villagers were also counselled. An SIT was formed under the supervision of Siwana DSP Neeraj Sharma to investigate the entire incident. The villagers thrashed the lunatic, who has been admitted to Balotra District Hospital for treatment.
