Tenth graders Joseph Bista and Dev Raj Khati of Bartung, Tansen were beaten up by taekwondo instructor Nir Bahadur Saru and Mahendra Pokharel for ´breaching discipline´ during the morning assembly.[break]
Bista, who has sustained serious head injury, has been referred to Lumbini Medical College for CT Scan by the Mission Hospital, Tansen while Khati has received injury to his genitals.
"Saru sir punched me on my head saying that my feet movement was not in sync while Pokharel sir kicked Khati on his groin when he tried to prevent me from falling over," Bista said from the emergency ward at the Mission Hospital. Khati is facing difficulty urinating, according to his mother Manmaya Khati.
Saru is the kid brother of principal Khom Bahadur Saru and also Palpa president of International Taekwondo Federation (ITF). Principal Saru said the school would bear all the medical expenses and take action against the guilty teachers following investigations.
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