Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Detained teacher thrashed black and blue

Police today released Mahantha Yadav, a teacher of Nepal Railway Secondary School, after 17 hours of detention on the allegation of his involvement in the murder of the body guard of Parsa assistant CDO Bam Bahadur Malla on January 11. Mahantha had been subjected to physical torture, which resulted in a broken tooth and blue scars for the victim.Harihar Yadav, headmaster of the school, told mediapersons that police had held Mahantha accusing him of being the mind behind the shooting at the assistant CDO, which had caused the body guard’s murder.“I was pushed into 3 different vehicles one after another. Police personnel thrashed me brutally,” the victim lamented, showing his scars during a press conference this morning. “They threatened to shoot me if I denied the charge.”However, Parsa SP Rajendraman Shrestha said Mahantha could have sustained minor injuries in course of arrest.