AIIMS Jodhpur suspends 2 nursing students over ragging allegations
Jodhpur: Taking cognizance of the ragging complaint, the administration at AIIMS Jodhpur has suspended 2 nursing students and barred them from taking part in any academic activity. One student was suspended for three months while another for one month.
Speaking to PTI, an official informed that the decision was announced on Tuesday based on an inquiry conducted by a committee formed to probe the ragging charges made by a first-year student.
"One more student was let off with a stern warning. Action against the three nursing students has been taken following a complaint of ragging against them by a junior student of nursing," said Dr Jeewan Ram Bishnoi, a spokesperson from AIIMS, Jodhpur.
According to the complaint, the alleged ragging occurred during a meeting of nursing students on February 15 to prepare for the freshers' party at the college. The first-year student approached the AIIMS administration regarding some comments made by the three senior students.
The committee formed to look into the matter found the allegations to be true, the spokesperson said.
During the inquiry, the three students admitted to making the offending comments and tendered an apology. However, they said the comments were made casually and had no idea the complainant would be hurt to this extent, he said.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported about the ragging incident that surfaced from Kottayam, five third-year nursing students were arrested for allegedly ragging first year students at the Government Nursing College. It was 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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