Tanahun, Feb. 13 -- In an extreme case of corporal punishment, a teacher is accused of hitting four school children with a heated metal spatula on their cheeks at a school in Bhimad in Tanahun district.

According to reports, the students from grade four were making noise during an exam. Teacher Sushma Shrestha of Prabhat Academy in ward 6 of Bhimad Municipality took the students to her office, where she allegedly hit four of them with a heated spatula for allegedly teasing her while she was 'taking action'.

The marks left by the heated spatula are clearly visible on the cheeks of two students, aged 9 and 10. The incident happened on Tuesday.

The mother of one of the injured boys told the Post that the teacher telephoned her at around n...