Ragging at Pune’s BJ Medical College: Orthopaedics PG medicos Suspended, expelled from hostel

Pune: Taking disciplinary action, BJ Medical College, Pune, has suspended three second-year postgraduate students from the Orthopaedics Department and evicted them from the hostel for allegedly ragging juniors.

The action followed a formal complaint received by the college on Monday, alleging that the second-year PG students had subjected four juniors to mental and physical harassment, including the use of threatening language. A committee was promptly formed to investigate the allegations

Speaking to PTI on the incident, an official from the medical college said, "Three postgraduate students of the state-run BJ Medical College in Pune have been suspended and removed from their hostel for allegedly ragging junior doctors."

The college took action after it received a complaint against three second-year PG students from the Orthopaedic Department, said Dr Eknath Pawar, dean of the medical college, which is attached to the Sassoon General Hospital.

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Sources in the medical college told PTI that the accused targeted four junior medical students from their department. They allegedly harassed the juniors mentally, sometimes physically, and even used intimidating language, said the sources.

“The parents of the students first approached Mantralaya (state secretariat) in Mumbai. On Monday, the college authorities received a complaint. We formed a committee to investigate the matter. Based on the findings, three PG students were suspended and removed from their hostel,” said Pawar.

A probe is underway, he added.

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Medical Dialogues had earlier reported taking cognisance of a ragging complaint, the Government Medical College (GMC), Nagarkurnool suspended three senior MBBS students for allegedly physically harassing, beating and slapping a first-year junior student in a hostel room. An FIR had also been registered against the accused in connection with the case.

Among the three, one student (Third year) had been suspended for three months, who was reported to be the main culprit, while the other two (Second year) received suspensions of one month.