Telangana: 3 Medical Students Suspended For ‘Ragging’ First-Year MBBS Student – News18

Last Updated:April 03, 2025, 18:49 IST

Three medical students in Telangana have been suspended and booked for ragging a first-year MBBS student, who claimed he was physically abused and harassed.

Three students from Government Medical College in Nagarkurnool, Telangana, have been suspended for ragging a first-year MBBS student, the college principal said on Thursday. The Anti-Ragging Committee met on Wednesday and took disciplinary action against the three senior students—one from the third year and two from the second year. They have been barred from academic activities and expelled from the hostel for one to three months, news agency PTI quoted college officials as saying.

Police have also registered a case after the junior student filed a complaint on March 25. He said his seniors humiliated him, beat him with a belt, and slapped him.

They also asked for his UPI PIN, and when he refused, they beat him again. The students then forced him to do an “air chair” punishment, where he had to squat as if sitting on an invisible chair. After 30 minutes, they made him hold a 5 kg LPG cylinder, the student claimed.

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Growing Concerns Over Ragging

Ragging incidents continue to raise alarm, with a similar case reported last month at Jadavpur University, Kolkata. A second-year postgraduate student, Arani Ghosh, alleged that seniors harassed him for over five hours in the hostel.

Ghosh lodged formal complaints via email with the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Registrar, and the Anti-Ragging Committee.

Ghosh had previously spoken out against the 2023 ragging case in which 18-year-old Swapnadeep Kundu died. He claimed that because of this, the same group of seniors targeted him. On March 15, while visiting a friend, he was surrounded by seniors who verbally abused him and even threatened his mother with rape.

Following his complaint, Jadavpur University Vice-Chancellor Bhaskar Gupta confirmed that an enquiry committee has been set up to investigate the matter.