A group of students of the Tribhuvan University in Kirtipur of Kathmandu has said some of its members were beaten up by unidentified locals in the town on Saturday morning.

The group says the members had gone to the local police station today demanding that they are provided security and relief support during the lockdown. However, a group of local youth assaulted them on the street, according to the leader of the group, Rup Narayan Shrestha.

During the clash, one named Lalit Jung Rawat has been injured and he has been rushed to a nearby hospital.

DSP Chhedi Lal Kamati, the chief of the Kathmandu Metropolitan Police Circle in Kirtipur, says two groups of youth had come to the streets defying the lockdown and they fought against each other. The situation was soon taken under control, according to him.