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Twelve final-year students of the Government Dental College (GDC), Hyderabad, person been suspended for six months pending a constabulary enquiry pursuing allegations of ragging and harassment of first-year BDS students staying astatine the Osmania Medical College hostel.
According to GDC Hyderabad Principal Sarjeev Singh Yadav, the first-year Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) students, who joined the instauration a fewer months ago, had been subjected to repeated harassment by elder students. The juniors, who are accommodated successful the Osmania Medical College hostel alongside MBBS and postgraduate aesculapian students, submitted a written ailment connected June 11 detailing the alleged incidents.
Dr. Singh said first-year students complained that the seniors routinely ordered them to bring alcohol, cigarettes, nutrient items and prime up Swiggy deliveries, too making them execute assorted tasks. They besides allegedly threatened the juniors with consequences, including preventing them from attending classes, if they refused to comply.
The contented escalated connected the nighttime of June 8 erstwhile interns and postgraduate students intervened and asked the final-year students to halt harassing the juniors. This reportedly led to an altercation, with the seniors objecting to the involution and insisting that the substance acrophobic lone them and the first-year students.
Following the written complaint, the college’s anti-ragging committee and hostel wardens initiated an inquiry. Parents of the students were besides called for a gathering earlier this week and informed astir the developments.
“As per UGC regulations, we person suspended the 12 final-year students for six months pending constabulary inquiry. Depending connected the study we person from the police, further enactment volition beryllium taken,” Dr. Singh said, adding that the instauration follows a zero tolerance policy towards ragging.
