5 MBBS Students Arrested over Ragging Incident at Al-Ameen Medical College

Karnataka- Following the ragging incident at Al-Ameen Medical College, in which a second-year MBBS student was brutally ragged and physically assaulted by seniors, the Karnataka police have arrested five MBBS students.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that on Tuesday, a student named Ghulam Bhat went to watch a cricket match but was allegedly asked by his seniors to leave the ground. When he refused, he was allegedly forced to sing and dance to the song "Al-Ameen Salute", brutally assaulted, beaten repeatedly, forced to record a video apologising under duress, and given horrific threats.

After the incident, Bhat went to the Vijayapura Rural police and lodged a complaint against the MBBS students of the 2019 batch. The police then registered a case against 5 medicos under sections of the Indian Justice Code and Karnataka Education Act, 1983. The accused have been identified as Mohammed Zainul, 23, Sameer, 24, Sheikh Saud, 23, Mansoor Bhasha, 24 and Muzaffar alias Mujeeb Jamadar, 23, reports Indian Express.

Moreover, describing the student's ordeal, the Jammu Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) who highlighted the issue by calling it a ‘deeply disturbing incident’ explained that the student was enduring the ragging for months. He was allegedly brutally beaten, humiliated, issued death threats, forced to apologise and issued warnings by his seniors.

Condemning the incident, the JKSA also sought Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramana’s intervention to ensure strict action against the perpetrators and to safeguard the rights and safety of students, especially non-locals, in educational institutions. It also demanded the expulsion of those found guilty from the college.