PRAYAGRAJ, Aug. 8 -- In a shocking incident, three armed masked men on a motorcycle attempted to rob a female schoolteacher and her colleague on the Ayodhya-Prayagraj Highway in Pratapgarh on Thursday afternoon. When their attempt to snatch the woman's gold chain and purse failed, the assailants opened fire. The bullet hit the motorcycle, but both teachers escaped unharmed. The attackers fled toward Bhupiyamau, police said.

Police and forensic teams reached the spot promptly but were unable to trace the assailants.

According to police, Pradeep Mishra, a resident of Bhangwa Chungi in Adarsh Nagar and a teacher at Sangam International School in Katra Medniganj, was returning home around 2.15 pm with fellow teacher Renu Singh, a resident o...