While the government is emphasizing on child-friendly teaching methods and banishing corporal punishment, a teacher of a private school in Banke district reportedly thrashed a six-year-old student. Ramkishan Tharu, the teacher, and owner of Bright Sky English Medium School is accused of thrashing a first grader Resham Khatri. According to Khatri, his teacher hit him with a pipe while he was going to the restroom. Khatri became sick for three days following the incident. His parents noticed the bruises on his back only after they took him for a medical checkup. The boy's mother, Tek Kumari, said that she came to know about the physical abuse during the checkup. Meanwhile, Ramkishan, the teacher, has refuted the allegations. “I beat him only with my bare hands. I did not use a stick to punish him,” he said. The school, founded eight years ago, runs classes from nursery to grade five. Guardians have complained about corporal punishment at the school even in the past. Bindu Kunwar, the focal person at the Women and Children Development Office of Banke, has demanded legal action against the accused teacher. District Education Officer Bhim Bahadur Saud said the DEO is considering legal action against the teacher.