Ragging in Indian Institutions

Ragging at NIFFT - All hostels vacated after ragging menace rocks campus

2012-01-24T10:08:00.001+05:30

RANCHI: Students of National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology (NIFFT), Ranchi, have been asked to vacate the campus after the college authorities ordered closure of all hostels on Sunday.

The action was taken after the students of second, third and fourth year classes barged into the rooms of first year students, ragged and fought with them on Thursday. The seniors also damaged the windows of the junior students' rooms and ransacked their belongings.

NIFFT director S N Sinha said, "Senior students not only had a scuffle with the juniors but when I tried to intervene and stop them, they even threw stones at my house and broke the glass of my car. The situation had gone out of control."

"I am not here to spoil the career of students. I took action after I got orders from the headquarters in Delhi. Taking this step was necessary to diffuse the tension," Sinha added.

After the hostel was vacated, some students went home and others met Union minister Subodh Kant Sahay seeking justice. "We walked down 8 km to meet Sahay. But he was not in town. However, he got the HEC community hall opened for us to spend the night," said Sonu, a third year student.

The students met him on Monday morning. "He said he would take a positive step in this direction and also spoke to the college administration and asked them to reopen the hostel," said Chandan, a fourth year student.

"Most of the students have gone back home and those who are here will stay at their relatives or friends' place until further notice," added Chandan. An agitated Rahul said, "We did nothing. Why should we suffer for the mistake of others? We have all the right to stay in the hostel and attend classes."

The institute director said the hostel would be reopened 20 days later after talking to the guardians of the students.

Hatia additional superintendent of police Indrajeet Mahata said, "We have deployed a magistrate and police at the college gate and in case students try to create any disturbance, appropriate measures will be taken on the orders of the magistrate." source-timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Ragging in National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology, Ranchi, Jharkhand

2012-01-23T17:30:00.001+05:30

Authorities of National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology on Sunday directed all second, third and fourth year students staying at its Hatia-based hostel, to vacate the premises immediately.

The move, which sources claimed was spurred by an incident of ragging on the institute premises on Friday, is primarily aimed at dousing tension prevailing on campus.

A faculty member of the institute on Sunday said that there were more than 300 second, third and fourth year students, who had asked to leave within 24 hours.

A group of first-year students had allegedly been thrashed by their seniors on Friday night, following which a complaint had been lodged at Jagannathpur police station.

Officers at Jagannathpur police station said that the juniors had filed their complaint under sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 323, 337, 425, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, all of which were non-bailable.

The police said that altogether 19 seniors had been named in the FIR that had been lodged. source-.telegraphindia

Two students ragged by seniors on running train

2012-01-20T19:08:00.000+05:30

In an alleged case of ragging, two engineering students from Kerala studying in Tamil Nadu were brutally assaulted by their seniors on a Kerala-bound train on Friday night while their co-passengers looked on.

Geeverghese John and Arun Raj, both 19, were travelling in the general compartment of the train when their seniors, most of them inebriated, allegedly demanded their ATM cards and money.

When John and Raj refused, they were attacked with blades and iron rods. The bleeding students then got off at Erode where they were taken to a government hospital by railway authorities.

John, a student of Jnanamani Engineering College in Salem, has now been admitted to the Specialists' Hospital in Kochi with deep wounds and cuts all over his body. More than 50 stitches were required to stop the bleeding.

Raj too had several stitches on his body and forehead and is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Thrissur.

"The seniors even threatened to throw us out of the running train," John said. The Tamil Nadu police have registered a case and alerted their Kerala counterpart to help name the accused. source-hindustantimes.com

Ragging in Jharkhand Sainik School - 110 Boys suspends

2012-01-17T10:40:00.001+05:30

The Sainik School at Jhumri Tilaiya in Jahrkhand is in news again as it has suspended 110 students of Class X on the grounds of indiscipline. The school registrar, Sqn. Ldr. Amitabh Ranjan, told them to vacate the hostel and go home. They were told to return on January 10 with their guardians and appear before the management committee.

The Sainik School in Jharkhand's Koderma district, 160 km from state capital Ranchi, had hit headlines last November when a case was filed against two students for torturing a junior.

Sources said the students were suspended because they were directed to appear before the registrar for a meeting on December 30, but none of them turned up. "A total of 110 students have been suspended after they failed to report at a certain place, as asked. They were told to go home and return with their guardians by January 10," Ranjan said. If any student comes without his guardian, he will not be allowed to enter the premises, he added.

"Indiscipline at any level will not be tolerated. "Punishment was meted out to the students so that in future, any one does not indulge in indiscipline," Ranjan said.

The action comes weeks after the police filed an FIR against two students following a complaint by another boy on November 16. Shankar Xalxo had alleged that his complaints to the school authorities about the inhuman ragging fell on deaf ears. The Jharkhand High Court issued showcause notices to the state government and the institution's principal after video footage aired on local channels showed seniors in the hostel beating up juniors with belts and making them stand upside down.
Source-indiatoday.intoday.in

Ragging in Mundiampakkam Government Medical College - Two students suspended

2012-01-17T10:36:00.001+05:30

The victim was made to kneel down and manhandled. He was hospitalised

Two students of Mundiampakkam Government Medical College have been placed under suspension for ragging a junior student.

A police complaint has been filed in this regard.

Police said Mahesh (19) of Thirukkoilur and Mohammad Batcha (19) of Manapparai used to rag R. Deepak (17), a first-year student from Tiruppattur.

The seniors forced Deepak to do their bidding and asked him to pay them money.

When he refused to oblige, they beat him up and made him to kneel down. After he was seriously manhandled by the seniors on Saturday, Deepak got admitted to the medical college hospital.

The police booked a case by invoking Section 294 (b) (using abusive language) and 323 (causing hurt) of the IPC.

When contacted, college Dean Thenmozhi Valli said appropriate action would be initiated against the two students after getting the views of the academic council. source-thehindu

Ragging in Jhalawar Medical College , Jaipur - Senior Students Suspended

2012-01-17T10:16:00.001+05:30

Jaipur: A senior medical college student was suspended in Rajasthan after some junior students accused him and his friends of ragging, an official said on Tuesday.

The alleged ragging took place in Jhalawar Medical College late on Monday.

"Some fourth year MBBS students have been accused of harassing seven junior students in the college hostel," a college official told IANS.

The junior students alleged that they were asked to follow some commands and were beaten up when some of them refused to do so.

"They say that they were even slapped and made to stand out in the open in the cold night," said the official.

He added that a student, Amrit Meena, has been suspended. "An enquiry against other senior students has been taken up by the college's disciplinary committee," said the official.

Cases of ragging at educational institutes in Rajasthan come up from time to time despite strict Supreme Court directives against the practice.

Last September, criminal cases were slapped against five students of Mohanlal Sukhadia University in Udaipur after a first-year Bachelor of Science student went into depression after he was ragged.

In the same month, 16 students were booked for ragging an engineering student in Jodhpur's Jai Narain Vyas University. In another ragging case on Sep 8, a 19-year-old girl was allegedly ragged by her seniors at a private engineering college at Bhankrota in Jaipur. This caused her to fall from the fourth floor of her college hostel and she died in SMS Hospital in Jaipur.

Keeping in view the increasing number of ragging incidents in Rajasthan, some universities have made it mandatory for all the students to sign an affidavit during admissions stating that they would not indulge in any ragging-related activities.

Acting on Supreme Court directives, some higher education institutions have equipped themselves with CCTV cameras and asked the student counsellors to check ragging activities. However, many colleges have failed to comply with the norms.source-ndtv.com

Ragging in Mundiampakkam Government Medical College - Two medical students suspended

2012-01-10T10:21:00.001+05:30

Two students of Mundiampakkam Government Medical College have been placed under suspension for ragging a junior student.

A police complaint has been filed in this regard.

Police said Mahesh (19) of Thirukkoilur and Mohammad Batcha (19) of Manapparai used to rag R. Deepak (17), a first-year student from Tiruppattur.

The seniors forced Deepak to do their bidding and asked him to pay them money.

When he refused to oblige, they beat him up and made him to kneel down. After he was seriously manhandled by the seniors on Saturday, Deepak got admitted to the medical college hospital.

The police booked a case by invoking Section 294 (b) (using abusive language) and 323 (causing hurt) of the IPC.

When contacted, college Dean Thenmozhi Valli said appropriate action would be initiated against the two students after getting the views of the academic council. source-thehindu.com

Ragging in Jaipur medical College - student suspended

2012-01-06T10:51:00.001+05:30