Kolkata, Jul 8 (PTI) A langur on Tuesday entered a classroom in a school in West Bengal's Jhargram district and attacked a teacher, an official said.

The teacher, Gobardhan Bhuniya, was taking a class in Manikpara Vivekananda Vidyapith in Manikpara village when the langur suddenly entered the classroom and a commotion broke out among students to get out when the langur attacked Bhuniya, the official said.

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Bhuniya was injured in the langur attack and rushed to Midnapore Medical College Hospital.

The langur, after attacking the teacher, fled away.

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There are reports of about 10 langurs staying in the banyan tree inside the school campus in past one week.

"The forest department has placed a cage under the tree but the langurs could not be trapped. We are sending a team to the area," a senior forest official said.

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