Dharan, April 17 -- A health worker from Bisnupaduka Health Post in Dharan was beaten up by a police sub-inspector on Thursday morning.

Chandra Prakash Khanal, a health assistant of the health post, was visiting a patient's house in Panibari, Dharan, on Thursday morning when he was stopped on the way by Sub-inspector BR Raut.

Khanal claimed that Raut questioned him for being outside during the lockdown and proceeded to beat him for defying the stay-at-home order.

"He hit me even after I showed him my ID card issued by the District Administration Office," Khanal said.

Following the incident, health workers in Dharan protested outside the city office demanding action against the officer.

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