After the ragging, the victim reportedly took up the issue with the disciplinary committee of the institution on February 20. But the accused students did not turn up for the hearing of the committee, the victim alleged.
The authorities of the MKCG Medical College and Hospital, Berhampur have debarred four medicos from the campus on charges of ragging a second-year student.
It is alleged that the second year MBBS student was staying in the gents hostel and was beaten up allegedly by two seniors when he was returning from band rehearsals.
Four junior students of the management college were ragged and attacked by 3rd year students in their hostel room at around 11.30 pm on Saturday
Investigators have also found that the teen was "sexually molested" and the arrested 12 people, including present and former students of the varsity, "had played active roles" in the entire episode, leading to the Nadia teen's death, a senior police officer said on Tuesday.
The deceased has been identified as Rojalin Patra, a third-year electrical engineering student. As per sources, Rojalin was a brilliant student and selected for four campus placements.
It is alleged that four students including Debasish and Kailash intercepted the girl student and misbehaved with her while she was returning home after college on January 3.
The members of Anti-Ragging Committee and Squad and Discipline have been directed to intimate immediately the local police station, if these students are seen on and around the campus.
The incident came to the fore after the victim’s mother lodged a complaint in this connection.
According to the complainant, a group of his seniors first ragged him then they threatened and brutally thrashed him.
The college authorities have denied the ragging charges and said that it was only a clash between the juniors and senior
Earlier a verbal complaint was filed regarding another ragging incident in the college. As many as 10 students involved in the incident were suspended from the college for 10 days.
The recent incident of ragging at Binayak Acharya College in Berhampur and the subsequent arrest of the prime accused Abhishek Nayak has spelt trouble for the ruling BJD.
The college authorities’ action came following a direction from the district police.
A Plus-III second year student of Nimapara Autonomous College approached School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash on Saturday seeking justice.
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