The shooting happened around 9:15 am, opposite the Loreto Convent in central Kolkata.
Two men on a motorcycle opened fire near a school in Kolkata this morning, injuring one person.
The shooting took place around 9:15 am, in front of the Loreto St Mary's High School located on the Convent Road in central Kolkata.
A passerby was shot in the foot in the firing and taken to hospital.
There was panic among parents who had come to drop children to school. Initially, classes started but later the school was closed for the day.
"What if the children had got hit?" said one parent. Another said "firing in the day in Kolkata is unprecedented."
Just opposite the school, a stone's throw away, a number of policemen were on duty but could do nothing to stop the motorcycle which sped away.
They were deployed there due to tension in a nearby mill after a wall collapse accident injured some workers on Sunday.
Locals suspect the shooting could be linked to the dispute in the mill or to the turf war between miscreants in the nearby Motijheel area.