Kerala Nursing College Ragging case: Court grants bail to 5 accused
Kottayam: A Kerala court has granted bail to the five accused in the Kottayam Government Nursing College ragging case. The court stated that given their young age and lack of criminal antecedents, there was a possibility of their reformation.
A Kottayam Sessions Court granted the relief to Samuel Johnson (20), Rahul Raj (22), Jeev (18), Rijil Jith (20), and Vivek (21), who are accused of brutally ragging some of their juniors for several months.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that based on the ragging complaint the students were suspended.Five third-year nursing students had been arrested for allegedly ragging first year students at the Government Nursing College. It has been alleged by the 1st year students who were subjected to ragging that they were allegedly forced to strip naked, dumbbells hung from private parts, stabbed with geometry box compasses and beaten bloody for three months.
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