Police on Wednesday arrested 38-year-old Janak Batala of Aathbiskot municipality-9 on the charge of beating 31-year-old Bhim Bahadur Pun, a teacher at Kalika Secondary School of the same place.

Pun accused Batala of beating him on April 29 while he was working on computer at the school. Teachers association of the district has demanded action against Batala for attacking Pun. Batala has however claimed to have only run into a dispute after he requested Pun to attend to the students instead of watching computer. Police arrested both the men for investigation as they accused each other of assault.