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Six students of Madras Medical College (MMC) person been suspended for allegedly ragging a inferior pupil successful the hostel. The students were besides expelled from the men’s hostel. However, assemblage authorities maintained that this was not an incidental of ragging.
A pupil belonging to MBBS batch 2022 lodged a ailment regarding “physical and intelligence abuse”. A preliminary enquiry was conducted by K. Shantaraman, dean, J. Sreevidya, vice-principal and Senthilkumar, hostel warden (men) of MMC connected December 15. They recovered that the six students had called for a gathering of kabaddi players of 2022, 2023 and 2024 batches successful a peculiar country from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. connected December 14-15. This was without the authorisation of the sports committee oregon warden.
The six students told the authorities that astir 20 inferior batch students were asked to travel for the gathering regarding a kabaddi match. An statement broke betwixt students of 2021 and 2022 batches. The complainant was called to the country astatine astir 1.30 a.m. and was asked to kneel down for a abbreviated period. The enquiry committee said helium had near the country aft sometime and determination seems to beryllium “no grounds of carnal assault”.
Based connected preliminary inquiry, the six students were suspended from the assemblage until further orders. An enquiry committee was constituted to behaviour a elaborate enquiry with each students progressive connected the time of incidental and taxable a elaborate study wrong 7 days.
Sources said the lad was made to kneel down for agelong hours. It is reliably learned that the lad had near the field pursuing the incidental and was aboriginal traced.
Dr. Shantaraman said this was not an incidental of ragging. “Final twelvemonth students had a kabaddi match. There was immoderate contented of the enactment being touched during the match, and this led to a combat connected a Whatsapp radical connected returning to the hostel aft the match,” helium said.
He added that the six students were suspended to support the “institution’s discipline”. Officials said that the affected pupil has lodged a ailment with the National Medical Commission.
Police said that a ailment is yet to beryllium filed, and the committee constituted would behaviour a elaborate inquiry.
