2022-07-07
Police arrested Dipak Kunwar, a principal of New Modern Academy in Dhorpatan municipality-1, on the charge of physically assaulting Hikmat BK a 15-year-old grade 9 student of the school resulting in injury. BK's family claims that the accused struck him in the head with a stick, causing him to pass out on July 7. They further added that the victim sustained various bruised in his body.
According to the witnesses, Kunwar brutally attacked BK after the teacher's head was struck by the hand sanitizer bottle while BK was playing with it.
Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
Primary Form | Assault (small group) |
Weapons | Other |
Primary Cause | Violence in school/university (violence by teachers, hazing, etc.) |
Actor 1 - Number of people | 1 |
Actor 1 - Affiliations | Education sector/teachers (private and public) |
Actor 1 - Youth | unknown |
Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Students |
Actor 2 - Youth | youth |
Total Injured | 1 |
Youth Injured | 1 |
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