<p>Dhar: A 40-year-old teacher of a private school was shot dead on Thursday evening when he was returning home on his motorcycle after attending the rehearsal of a Republic Day function in Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh, a police official said.</p>.<p>Virendra Singh aka Bindhu, a resident of Kod locality, was shot dead by an unidentified person in Bidwal area, about 50 kilometres from the district headquarters, Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar told PTI.</p>.<p>"He was teaching at Manas Academy in Shergarh. A case was registered and efforts are on to nab the culprit,"the SP said.</p>.<p>Owing to the incident, Manas Academy, in a social media message, said it was cancelling its Republic Day event scheduled for Friday. </p>
<p>Dhar: A 40-year-old teacher of a private school was shot dead on Thursday evening when he was returning home on his motorcycle after attending the rehearsal of a Republic Day function in Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh, a police official said.</p>.<p>Virendra Singh aka Bindhu, a resident of Kod locality, was shot dead by an unidentified person in Bidwal area, about 50 kilometres from the district headquarters, Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar told PTI.</p>.<p>"He was teaching at Manas Academy in Shergarh. A case was registered and efforts are on to nab the culprit,"the SP said.</p>.<p>Owing to the incident, Manas Academy, in a social media message, said it was cancelling its Republic Day event scheduled for Friday. </p>