Police have detained three students in and around Raub for assaulting and injuring a 14-year-old over a handphone issue.

Raub police chief Mohd Shahril Abd Rahman said the victim who received 40 stitches for injuries on his head, lodged a police report at 11.18am yesterday, claiming three students known to him had beaten him at 10.15pm on Friday (July 19) at Taman Sempalit Aman in Raub.

Shahril said initial investigations revealed that the students...