10 MBBS students of Mahabubnagar Medical College suspended for ragging juniors

Hyderabad: Acting on complaints of ragging instances at Mahabubnagar Medical College, the authorities recently suspended 10 second-year MBBS students for allegedly ragging juniors during a freshers' party in the college hostel.

According to the administration, these seniors belonging to the 2023 batch were captured ragging the freshers in the CCTV footage of the college. After investigating the matter, the administration found evidence of their involvement and suspended them till December 1.

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Although the incident came to light recently, it happened on November 10 when a group of seniors allegedly harassed and mistreated freshmen. Feeling humiliated, the juniors raised their voice against the alleged mistreatment and inappropriate behaviour of the seniors and approached the college management.

As per a TOI news report, the freshers wrote anonymous complaints to the college authorities informing them about the ragging incidents.

Speaking on this matter, a senior professor from the college said "There were a lot of complaints from the junior students against the 10 students. Hence, they were suspended for 20 days starting Nov 11. Their parents were summoned to the college in connection with the incident."

Intervening in the matter, the college management held a counselling session for both the seniors and the juniors involved in the incident on November 13. After the session was over, the college authorities reviewed the complaints and CCTV footage on the day of the incident and accordingly suspended the seniors.

According to a Telangana Today news report, the Director of the college, Dr Ramesh asked the junior students to approach the management, if they were being ragged or if someone misbehaved with them. He stated that no such incidents would be tolerated on the campus.

Further, the college management has constituted a committee to take note of any further ragging incidents on the campus. It had also decided to intensify surveillance on the campus, especially during the night.

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