11 MBBS students of Kozhikode Medical College suspended for allegedly ragging juniors

Kozhikode: Taking action against 11 second-year MBBS students found guilty of ragging their juniors, the Principal of Government Medical College, Kozhikode suspended them.

The action was taken against the students after the Anti-Ragging Committee of the medical college conducted an inquiry into the matter based on a complaint filed by the first-year junior students.

According to the complaint, the juniors accused the seniors of mental and physical harassment at the college hostel. Based on the information, the college appointed a five-member committee to investigate the claims.

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During the investigation, the committee found that these second-year students were involved in ragging the juniors in the college hostel. As a result, they suspended them. Further, the principal submitted the report to the Medical College Police for further action, reports Mathrubhumi

In 2022, Medical Dialogues reported that two Postgraduate students belonging to the Kozhikode Government Medical College were suspended and booked for allegedly ragging junior students. While the anti-ragging committee of the medical college suspended those two junior residents in MS Orthopedics for a period of six month, police have booked those medicos under Section 4 (penalty for ragging) of the Kerala Prohibition of Ragging Act.

Recently, medical dialogues reported that the University Grants Commission (UGC) issued show cause notices to 18 medical colleges for failing to comply with Anti-Ragging Regulations, 2009 and asked them to submit a written explanation within seven days of receiving the notice. The commission also warned that strict action will be taken if these institutions fail to respond within time.

The Anti-Ragging Regulations, 2009, mandates that every student and their parents/guardians must submit an anti-ragging undertaking at the time of admission and the beginning of every academic year.

The notice, signed by UGC Secretary Prof. Manish R. Joshi specified the 18 medical colleges from various states. Among them, three medical colleges are from Andhra Pradesh, one from Assam, four from Bihar, one each from Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, and two from Puducherry and Tamil Nadu.

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