8 MBBS students of Barmer Medical College expelled for ragging juniors, 6 issued warning

Jaipur: Confirming the allegations of ragging made by junior MBBS students at the Barmer Medical College, the authorities temporarily expelled 8 senior MBBS students, including six second-year and two third-year students from their hostel. 

While the two seniors have been given two-month expulsions for severe violations, six others have been barred from the hostel for 15 days. In addition, the administration has issued warning letters to 6 women students. 

This comes after the anti-ragging committee took records of statements, testimonies, videos and photographic evidence from junior students who claimed that they were being ragged by these seniors. 

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The incident came to light after an anonymous person made a ragging complaint through WhatsApp on November 10. The message was more of an alert to the administration about the raging happening on campus. However, the sender did not identify itself. 

Upon getting the information, the administration called the anti-ragging cell and a meeting was held on Monday. In the meeting, the committee took notes of statements from victims and accused parties which led to the discovery of the evidence against the accused expelled seniors. 

During the investigation, the juniors who were hesitant to come forward and identify the seniors ultimately gathered the courage after assurance from the medical college authorities and took the seniors' names. Some victims became emotional during proceedings. 

After presenting the evidence, the accused students denied the charges but later the six women seniors admitted that they called first-year women students to their hostel for introduction but denied any involvement in ragging. However, college sources revealed that they allegedly ragged the juniors. As a result, the authorities issued warning letters to them.

Dr BL Mansuriya, co-chairman of the anti-ragging committee and district hospital superintendent, told TOI, "In the WhatsApp message, the sender alerted us that first-year students are being ragged, but no name or identity was mentioned in the message. It could be because of fear, the sender had not mentioned the identity. We took the message seriously and took prompt action and launched an investigation."

Dr Mansuriya said, "Out of eight accused students, six are second-year students while two were third-year students. We received information from medical college guards, warden and other staff to identify the accused students. The administration received ongoing reports about senior students harassing juniors but initially lacked concrete evidence or identifications."

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