Forced to salute, sit on floor, beaten up! 5 interns of Nizamabad Medical College allegedly booked for ragging MBBS student
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Nizamabad: In a shocking ragging incident, five interns from Government Medical College, Nizamabad, have been booked for allegedly assaulting, harassing, and intimidating a fourth-year MBBS student in the gynaecology department over an attendance dispute.
According to the complainant, the accused interns had marked him absent on consecutive days despite his participation in academic activities. When he asked them about the issue, the interns, the group allegedly assaulted him.
The student further claimed that he was forced to salute them, made to sit on the floor, and later physically assaulted. He subsequently received outpatient treatment for his injuries.
As per a TNIE media report, the incident reportedly took place on Saturday when the student objected to the interns marking attendance records to show him as late or absent.
He alleged that the seniors asked if he planned to report the matter to authorities for suspension and, upon his response, began assaulting him.
He also alleged that the ordeal lasted for nearly 30 minutes, during which the interns forcibly took away his mobile phone and prevented him from leaving, even after he informed them that he was suffering from jaundice. He said that they even forced him to salute them and sit on the floor, and assaulted him.
Following the incident, the student approached the police, who registered an FIR against the five interns under the Prohibition of Ragging Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhitha. An investigation is currently underway.
Meanwhile, the college administration refuted the allegations of ragging and said that it was not ragging but a dispute related to departmental issues. Vice-principal Dr J Tirupati Rao said, "It was a personal issue and a dispute between students. It is 100 per cent not a ragging case." Similarly, in-charge hospital superintendent L Ramulu told Deccan Chronicle, "The matter is not related to ragging, but interns had no authority to decide on attendance."
In this regard, a three-professor committee has been appointed to investigate, along with the police, with a mandate to submit a report to higher officials.
Nizamabad Commissioner of Police (CP) P Sai Chaitanya has made it clear that there will be serious consequences if people resort to ragging in schools and colleges. He warned that strict action will be taken against those who disrupt peace and tranquillity within the premises of educational institutions.
"Students are advised to respect each other and avoid violence. Students who are victims of ragging are asked to immediately inform the authorities concerned or the police about their suffering," he said.
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