The management side of the National Medical College has thrashed students demanding return of higher tuition fee charged against the government-stipulated standards.

The students have accused the college management side of manhandling those who approached Irate students had enforced Birgunj shutdown on Thursday in protest of the college management’s misbehave meted out to Medical Struggle Committee National Coordinator Prakash Chand and other students. 

The MBBS first-year student of the National Medical College along with the students representing struggle committee from Chitwan had demonstrated protest rally against atrocious behave. The agitating students had chanted slogans such as return the high-charged fee against government-set standards and take action against those manhandling students. 

The protest rally taken out from the college premises marched around different parts of the city before it converged into a corner meet at Ghantaghar of Birgunj. Addressing the corner meet, coordinator Chand accused the manager of the national medical college Barsuddin Ansari and others of thrashing them while demanding the return of high price charged with students. 

He claimed they have evidence that the college had charged each MBBS pursuing student with Rs 5.5 million to Rs 6.2 million. Chand informed they would file fraud cases against the national medical college for charging higher than the fee ceiling set by the government.