Ragging

Ragging horror in Gujarat: Medical student dies after standing for hours

The deceased was reportedly forced to stand for three hours during ragging by seniors at the hostel of GMERS Medical College and Hospital

Rajasthan medical student undergoes dialysis after being ragged; 7 booked

According to the victim's father, the seniors forced his son to perform between 300 and 350 sit-ups under the blistering sun

13 arrested accused booked under Pocso Act in JU ragging death case

All 13 people arrested in the ragging-death of a 17-year-old undergraduate student of Jadavpur University were booked under POCSO Act, police said. The accused were booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) as the boy was allegedly paraded naked on the second floor of the main hostel before he jumped off the balcony on August 9, they said. The homicide department of the Kolkata Police formed a special investigating team (SIT) to probe the death. "The case will now be investigated by the homicide department of the Kolkata Police. They have already taken over the probe. And since the deceased was a juvenile, we have booked all the 13 arrested accused under the POCSO Act," a police officer said on Friday. The West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) had earlier insisted that the accused be booked under POCSO Act. On the night of August 9, the 17-year-old student hailing from Nadia district died after allegedly falling fro

Isro team visits Jadavpur University, takes stock of campus security

A team of the ISRO visited the Jadavpur University in Kolkata on Wednesday and took stock of the security measures on the campus. The visit came after Governor CV Ananda Bose, who is also the chancellor of the university, wrote to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to suggest security measures following the death of a first-year undergraduate student allegedly due to ragging. The two members of the team visited different parts of the campus and the buildings, and discussed the security-related issues with varsity officials, JU's officiating vice-chancellor Buddhadeb Sau told PTI. "They deliberated on beefing up security with the use of remote sensing technology. They also discussed ways to prevent the entry of outsiders into the campus and monitor the movement of people so that narcotic substances are not consumed. They will give inputs to our security team," he said. The ISRO team also discussed ways to prevent ragging in the hostels through surveillance but without ...

IIT Mandi punishes students for ragging incident; suspends 10 for 6 months

Some of the punished students have appealed to the institute for a reconsideration of the punishment, sources said

IIT Mandi takes disciplinary action against 72 students for ragging juniors

IIT Mandi has suspended 10 students and taken disciplinary action against 62 others for allegedly ragging their juniors during an event at the institute, officials said on Wednesday. "Recently, an incident of ragging came to the institute's notice. It was found that some B. Tech students were involved in ragging freshers. Disciplinary action is being taken against 72 students involved in the incident," a statement issued here by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi said. IIT Mandi is committed to ensuring that all students on campus feel safe and are not exposed to any form of harassment. The institute encourages students to report such incidents immediately to ensure corrective action is taken and such incidents are prevented on campus, it added. Three office-bearers of the institute's student body are among the 10 students who have been suspended from academics and hostel till December 2023. Fines ranging between Rs 15,000 and Rs 25,000 and community service of 20 to 60

ISRO team visits JU, explores possibilities of using tech to curb ragging

The scientists inspected all gates and other places including the open-air theatre on the premises of the University to suggest what kind of technology will have to be used, said university official

Bengal governor approaches Isro for tech to curb ragging on campuses

West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has reached out to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for identifying an appropriate technology solution to curb the menace of ragging on college and university campuses, a statement issued by Raj Bhavan on Thursday night said. A first-year undergraduate student died earlier this month after allegedly being ragged and sexually harassed in a hostel of Jadavpur University, sparking an outcry in West Bengal. "C V Ananda Bose, Hon'ble Governor of West Bengal and Chancellor of the universities, contacted the Chairman of ISRO for identifying appropriate technology to effectively contain and eliminate the menace of ragging in the university campuses," the statement said. Bose has also held discussions with a Hyderabad-based firm over the issue. "They are trying to develop an appropriate technology solution using multiple sources such as video analytics, image matching automatic target recognition and remote sensing," the governor said in the

Amid Jadavpur University death row, what are the anti-ragging laws in India

A first-year student of the Jadavpur University in Kolkata died after falling from the first floor of his hostel last week

JU student death: 13 held so far, Union minister says Centre concerned

Thirteen people have so far been arrested in connection with the death of a first-year undergraduate student of Jadavpur University. On Sunday, a city court remanded a former student of varsity, the 13th arrest in the case, to police custody till August 24. Police have slapped a case under Section 353 (use of criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) of the IPC against the accused, the state prosecutor told reporters. The judge at the Alipore Court granted police custody of the accused till August 24 on a prayer by the prosecution for interrogating him. The prosecution lawyer said the accused, along with others, had allegedly prevented police personnel from speaking to the victim when he was being taken to hospital, and that the gates of the hostel had been forcefully closed to prevent them from entering. Police had on Friday arrested three current students of the varsity in connection with its probe into the death of the undergraduate student, who was ...

JU student death: 1 more held, court remands to police custody till Aug 24

A city court on Sunday remanded a former student of Jadavpur University, who became the 13th person to be arrested in connection with the death of a first-year undergraduate student, to police custody till August 24. The police have slapped a case under Section 353 (use of criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) of the IPC against the accused, the state prosecutor told reporters. The judge at the Alipore Court granted police custody of the accused till August 24 on a prayer by the prosecution for interrogating him. The prosecution lawyer said the accused person, along with others, had allegedly prevented police personnel from speaking to the victim when he was being taken to hospital, and that the gates of the hostel had been forcefully closed to prevent them from entering. The police had on Friday arrested three current students of the varsity in connection with its probe into the death of the undergraduate student, who was allegedly ragged and sexually

UGC taking matter seriously: Dharmendra Pradhan on JU student death

Pradhan said that the University Grant Commission (UGC) has taken the matter 'seriously' and that measures are being taken up to prevent 'ragging'-related incidents

FIR lodged against nine people in Assam's JB College ragging case

A case has been lodged against nine people, including eight present students, by a premier college in Assam's Jorhat district on allegations of ragging raised by a junior hostel inmate, a police officer said on Friday. The police have started an investigation though no arrests have been made thus far, he said. The principal of Jagannath Barooah (JB) College had filed a complaint at Jorhat Police Station on Thursday against the nine accused based on a written submission from the aggrieved student. Earlier, the police officer had said that a case was lodged against 12 people by the college authorities. The case comes close on the heels of two instances of alleged ragging in Dibrugarh. Giving details of the J B College incident, the police officer said, We received the complaint on Thursday evening. After going through it, we lodged an FIR today. The FIR has named eight present and one former students of the institute as among the accused for indulging in ragging. The college autho

Despite curbs, ragging cases up by 41% in 5 years, UP tops list

The maximum complaints (15% or 461) were reported in Uttar Pradesh-the country's most populous state-between 2013 and 2017

FIR against 2 KV students over suspected ragging case

The FIR was lodged against the two after a video of the assault appeared on the social media yesterday

19-year-old Kerala nursing student in ICU after being ragged by seniors

On May 9, she was allegedly forced to drink toilet cleaning lotion by eight of her seniors