Bara, Feb. 16 -- year-old man died after being assaulted at the Navajeevan Rehabilitation Centre, located on Bank Road in Kalaiya Sub-Metropolitan City-1. The victim, Pradip Prasad Mandal, also known as Dhirendra, had been admitted to the rehabilitation centre two weeks prior.

According to police, the assault occurred after Mandal refused to endure physical punishment for breaking the centre's disciplinary rules.

Superintendent of Police for Bara District, Santosh Tamang, stated that evidence suggests Mandal was punched in the face. "The victim was assaulted in a room at midnight on Thursday. The perpetrators instructed him to sit in a 'murga' position, a stressful posture used as corporal punishment, which he refused. This refusal led ...