RG Kar medical college students allege ragging at hostel

Kolkata: A ragging complaint has surfaced at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where first-year medical students have accused four second year students of harassment and physical assault.

According to the complaints, the seniors had been harassing the juniors over hostel rooms and allegedly ragged them in the name of "introductions." The juniors said they were harassed, threatened, and insulted during these sessions.

The students further claimed that after they approached college authorities with their complaint, the accused seniors physically assaulted them.

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As reported by TOI, the incident occurred after first-year students objected to the alleged illegal occupation and misuse of hostel rooms by second-year students. The complainants said that seniors were staying in hostel rooms meant for the 2025 batch and were harassing juniors.

Medical College sources told IANS that some second-year students were harassing freshers under the pretext of taking introductions. The college authorities are said to be closely monitoring the situation.

RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has been under intense public scrutiny since the 2024 rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor inside the campus, a crime for which civic volunteer Sanjoy Roy was convicted and is currently serving a life sentence in a correctional home.

Complaints of ragging have now been reported from Maniktala Hostel, which is officially allotted exclusively to first-year students. As per hostel rules, only first-year students are permitted to reside there. However, it has been alleged that some second-year students are also staying in the hostel, raising serious questions about rule violations.

According to the complaints, first-year students were subjected to harassment and threats in various forms. Some alleged that second-year students insulted them during so-called introduction sessions and even attempted to physically assault them. The situation reportedly escalated when the affected students approached college authorities, following which the accused second-year students allegedly attacked the complainants.

Sources said the college authorities subsequently summoned the accused second-year students and issued them a warning. However, tensions reportedly continued, with an altercation breaking out between first- and second-year students in the middle of a road, during which fresh threats were allegedly issued to the juniors. The complainants later submitted a written report detailing the entire incident to the authorities.

As of the time of filing this report, the college administration had not issued any official statement on the matter.

A senior source at the medical college said, “The authorities are looking into the allegations. Necessary steps may be taken to put an end to any culture of intimidation or threats within the institution.”

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