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A first-year MBBS pupil astatine the Government Medical College (GMC) successful Sangareddy has alleged that helium was subjected to ragging by a radical of fourth-year students successful the assemblage hostel connected Wednesday.
The incidental escalated aboriginal successful the time erstwhile the seniors reportedly went to the student’s residence and attempted to intimidate his household aft the victim’s member confronted them.
Meanwhile, the assemblage medication initiated action.
Speaking to The Hindu, GMC main Dr Prakash Rao said a committee has been constituted to inquire into the ailment and due steps would beryllium taken against those recovered guilty.
Students of Government Medical College astatine a ineligible consciousness campy connected ragging, successful Sangareddy, connected Thursday. | Photo Credit: MOHD ARIF
Meanwhile aft the incident, the field hosted a peculiar ineligible consciousness programme connected the Ragging Prohibition Act, the NDPS Act and the POCSO Act. The lawsuit was aimed astatine sensitising students to the ineligible consequences of ragging, cause maltreatment and offences against minors.
District Legal Services Authority Secretary-cum-Senior Civil Judge B. Soujanya stressed that ragging is prohibited and cannot beryllium dismissed arsenic harmless fun. She explained that acts involving carnal oregon intelligence harassment, intimidation oregon humiliation of juniors pull strict punishment nether the Ragging Prohibition Act. She warned that those indulging successful ragging hazard transgression cases, imprisonment, suspension oregon expulsion from assemblage and cancellation of certificates oregon scholarships. She added that remaining soundless erstwhile witnessing specified acts is besides an offence and urged seniors to enactment arsenic relation models successful fostering a ragging-free campus.
