11 MBBS students of Kozhikode Medical College suspended for allegedly ragging juniors

Kozhikode: Taking action against 11 second-year MBBS students found guilty of ragging their juniors, the Principal of Government Medical College, Kozhikode suspended them.

The action was taken against the students after the Anti-Ragging Committee of the medical college conducted an inquiry into the matter based on a complaint filed by the first-year junior students. 

According to the complaint, the juniors accused the seniors of mental and physical harassment at the college hostel. Based on the information, the college appointed a five-member committee to investigate the claims.

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During the investigation, the committee found that these second-year students were involved in ragging the juniors in the college hostel. As a result, they suspended them. Further, the principal submitted the report to the Medical College Police for further action, reports Mathrubhumi

In 2022, Medical Dialogues reported that two Postgraduate students belonging to the Kozhikode Government Medical College were suspended and booked for allegedly ragging junior students. While the anti-ragging committee of the medical college suspended those two junior residents in MS Orthopedics for a period of six month, police have booked those medicos under Section 4 (penalty for ragging) of the Kerala Prohibition of Ragging Act.