Shocking Kerala Nursing College Ragging Video surfaces, Rights Panel seeks action report
Kottayam: A day after five third-year nursing students were arrested for allegedly brutally ragging first-year students at the Government Nursing College in Kottayam, disturbing footage of the incident has emerged. The NHRC has taken cognizance of the case and requested an action taken report from the state's police chief on Thursday.
Describing the shocking incident of alleged ragging at a government nursing college in Kerala as ''morally reprehensible'', the NHRC has taken cognisance of the case as it sought an action taken report from the state's police chief on Thursday.
Disturbing visuals of the brutal ragging of a junior student at the nursing college in Kottayam surfaced on Thursday, showing the victim being tied to a cot and his body repeatedly pierced with a compass.2, reports PTI.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has observed that the allegations, prima facie, constitute a "severe violation of human rights", according to the proceedings of the case, accessed by PTI.
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The rights panel has taken cognisance based on a complaint. The NHRC in its proceedings said that the complainant has alleged that the accused students, who are from Wayanad, Malappuram and Kottayam, "coerced juniors into transferring money" online and "subjected them to physical and mental torture".
"One student was reportedly threatened with a knife to his neck, while others were bound, had lotion poured on their bodies and were inflicted with sharp weapon wounds," it said. "These actions are not only morally reprehensible but also illegal," it observed.
In light of this, the Commission has taken cognisance of the matter under Section 12 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, it said. "The Commission directs your good office, the DGP, Kerala, to submit a detailed action taken report within 10 days from the receipt of this letter," as per the proceedings.
Medical dialogues team recently reported that a horrific ragging incident surfaced from Kottayam, five third-year nursing students have been arrested for allegedly ragging first year students at the Government Nursing College. It has been 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.
The complaint in this regard led to the suspension of the accused students and their arrest under the Anti-Ragging Ac, as per NDTV.
As per the PTI report, the police registered a case after three first-year students lodged a complaint alleging that the ragging had been going on for nearly three months at the institute.
