Mahendranagar, Apr. 19: Jaya Ram Oda, a resident of Mahendranagar Municipality ward No. 4 has been insulted and beaten up just for sitting on the bed of others, in an apparent case of untouchability and communal discrimination.

He was carrying out some carpentry work at a local hotel owned by a person called Dhami near the bus park and he sat down on the bed alongside the doorsteps of a residence belonging to someone called Bhandari to rest for a while. For this reason, he was compelled to face punishment.

He was beaten up indiscriminately and his belongings worth Rs 5,000 seized.

He later lodged a complain against this mistreatment at the district administration office Kanchanpur, as the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal prohibits such treatment. Meanwhile, Nepal oppressed community emancipation society, Kanchanpur has issued a statement demanding that the guilty be punished and the victim compensated.