GMC Ratlam ragging case: 7 MBBS students rusticated from college, booked by Police
In the purported videos that surfaced on social media, these students can be seen forcing juniors to line up and get slapped. Later, they also threw bottles at the warden when he arrived at the spot.;
Ratlam: A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against seven students of the Government Medical College in Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh for alleged involvement in ragging and they have been rusticated for a year, an official said.
The incident took place on July 28 and videos showing them slapping juniors had surfaced on social media a day later, he added.
After a complaint was filed by Dr Anurag Jain, warden of the medical college's boys' hostel, an FIR was registered against seven students on Saturday night, Assistant Sub Inspector Suresh Kumar Shinde of Audyogik Kshetra police station said.
They have been charged under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 341 (wrongful restraint) for allegedly ragging junior students, the ASI added.
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