Two foreign doctors providing treatment to the people injured during the ongoing anti-government demonstrations in Kathmandu have been deported by the authorities, news reports said.

According to reports, a German doctor known as “Angel” and an American expert on emergency medicine, Dr. Brain Cobb, have been deported on Thursday afternoon.

The government had cancelled their visa’s validity for the remaining period.

According to news reports, police arrested Dr Cobb from Gangabu on Wednesday and detained for six hours. He was not allowed to inform the American embassy while under detention. He was released on condition that he would present at the immigration department on Thursday. He told reporters that the police treated him like ‘criminal’.

He was severely beaten by Senior Superintendent of Armed Police Force Madhav Thapa on Tuesday while he was providing treatment to the injured demonstrators and police personnel in Gangabu. He had claimed that Thapa gouge out eye of one to the demonstrators with his baton on that day.

Parewa.com quoted the sources at the German Embassy confirming the cancellation of visa of Dr Angel. Much is not known about him.

When contacted for comments, officials at the APF headquarters denied speaking on the issue.

Dr Cobb had been providing first aid treatment on the spot to injured people since last week along with a dozen Nepali volunteers. nepalnews.com ia Apr 14 06