JNTU students force Junior to strip and kneel
HYDERABAD: Five B.Tech students of the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in Kukatpally were arrested on charges of ragging a junior. The accused were produced before a magistrate here Friday and all of them have been remanded in judicial custody. The sixth accused is still at large.
The victim, a second-year B.Tech student from Adilabad was apparently forced to kneel down for over an hour-and-a-half by his seniors late Wednesday night. The victim had to be hospitalised as he is an asthma patient. He was discharged soon after and was taken back to his native place.
The victim, accompanied by a few of his seniors, lodged a complaint with the KPHB police. According to his complaint, six third-year students summoned him to their room and forced him to play keyboard for them. While he played to their tunes, the seniors, allegedly in an inebriated condition, forced him to strip and kneel down for over an hour-and-a-half claiming he was not playing well.
Kukatpally ACP M Malla Reddy said, 'The victim is an asthma patient. He had an attack and collapsed unable to go through the ordeal. Some of his seniors who came to his rescue counseled him and brought him to the police station at 4 a.m. on Thursday.'
He said the victim underwent a lot of trauma and was ready to complain only after his seniors counseled him. All the six accused have been charged under the Prohibition of Ragging Act and various sections of the IPC.
While the present case involves a second-year student, the ACP said, 'The notion is that only freshers are ragged.' The JNTU authorities were not available for comment. Registrar NV Ramana Rao's phone was switched off.
Earlier in February 2010, three B.Tech students were arrested for ragging a first-year student. In October 2013, five students were arrested for assaulting a second-year student over a petty issue in the hostel. However, these incidents were thought to be isolated and ragging as a menace was considered off the campus. But sadly, that is not the case.
News Posted: 22 February, 2014
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