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Mild hostility prevailed successful Eluru Government Medical College connected Monday midnight (December 01, 2025) aft elder and inferior aesculapian students clashed successful the hostel. Police rushed to the spot and brought the concern nether control.
According to reports, a fewer 2nd twelvemonth students alleged that 3rd twelvemonth students person been harassing them for the past fewer days astatine the hostel, mess, and different places connected the assemblage premises. They gave a connection to the constabulary alleging harassment and ragging.
On Monday, elder and inferior students arranged a gathering to sermon arrangements for the freshers time party. During the meeting, 2nd twelvemonth students questioned their seniors implicit harassment, which led to the clash.
Speaking to The Hindu connected Tuesday (December 02), Eluru Government Medical College Principal Dr. P. Savithri said that immoderate inferior doctors gave a written ailment against the elder medicos.
“We suspended 15 elder students from the assemblage hostel from December 2 (Tuesday), and ordered a probe into the alleged ragging,” Dr. Savithri said.
Instructions person been fixed to measurement up vigil successful the hostel and mess, and put constabulary picket to show the situation, the main said, adding that further enactment volition beryllium taken connected the students, based connected the enquiry report.
Police inquiry
Eluru Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) D. Sravan Kumar said that the concern was nether power successful the aesculapian college. “Police asked the absorption of the Government Medical College to put meetings against ragging, show boards connected Andhra Pradesh Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1997, represent students, parents and unit committees to cheque ragging,” the DSP said. Based connected the statements fixed by the juniors, constabulary volition registry a case. We are investigating into the incident, Mr. Sravan Kumar said.
