Telangana 80 seniors storm MBBS student's home after ragging complaint, several detained

Hyderabad: In a troubling incident highlighting the continuing issue of ragging in medical colleges, a first-year MBBS student from a government medical college in Telangana's Sangareddy has complained of harassment by seniors during an interaction.

When the elder brother of the student reportedly confronted the seniors about the ragging, they allegedly became enraged, gathered outside his house and tried to attack the family.

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According to the police, the issue began on Wednesday when a few second-year students ragged the junior during an interaction on campus. When he informed his elder brother about the harassment, his brother questioned the seniors, which angered them.

In rage, a group of 80 second-year students reportedly gathered at the student's residence in Shantinagar that night and called his father out of the house. A video has also gone viral on social media, showing the large crowd gathered in front of the student's house.

As per Siasat Daily report, the police said the seniors had gone to the house with the intention of confronting the family and allegedly tried to attack them. Apart from the recorded video, the incident was also caught on CCTV.

Following this, the student's father immediately filed a complaint, following which the Sangareddy police registered a case and detained a few seniors involved in the incident.

Medical Dialogues recently reported that altogether 15 senior MBBS students at Eluru Government Medical College were suspended after a preliminary inquiry by the anti-ragging committee found them guilty of allegedly harassing and ragging second-year and first-year students in the hostel and other areas on campus. Along with this, the college administration ordered a detailed investigation into the ragging allegations, and the police are expected to register a case soon based on the complaints filed by the students who were ragged.

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