Chandigarh: HC finds Chief Warden of GMC NOT GUILTY
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Chandigarh : The Punjab and Haryana High Court has reportedly dismissed a plea involving an incident of a medical student’s suicide at the premise of Government Medical College and Hospital at sector 32 Chandigarh.
The incident was reported almost eight years back as a medical student of the college took the extreme step of ending his life after being ragged by his seniors. Prof AK Janmeja, the then chief warden of hostels and Head, Department of Respiratory Diseases and Tuberculosis was allegedly held responsible for abetment to suicide (for not controlling ragging at the college premise).
The details emerging on the case (as implied in Tribune highlights that case was brought forward in the court with confirmed fact that the victim, Manjot Singh, was admitted to the Government Medical College and Hospital, on the basis of merit after he secured the 36th rank in the all-India CBSE pre-medical and dental tests.
Along with it the allegation through a complaint that that the principal and the warden did not take steps to ragging. In other words, no effort was made by the two.
The incident was reported almost eight years back as a medical student of the college took the extreme step of ending his life after being ragged by his seniors. Prof AK Janmeja, the then chief warden of hostels and Head, Department of Respiratory Diseases and Tuberculosis was allegedly held responsible for abetment to suicide (for not controlling ragging at the college premise).
The details emerging on the case (as implied in Tribune highlights that case was brought forward in the court with confirmed fact that the victim, Manjot Singh, was admitted to the Government Medical College and Hospital, on the basis of merit after he secured the 36th rank in the all-India CBSE pre-medical and dental tests.
Along with it the allegation through a complaint that that the principal and the warden did not take steps to ragging. In other words, no effort was made by the two.
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