Will their be an end to ragging?
The Himachal Pradesh police Tuesday booked four senior medical
students for causing the death of a first semester student Sunday by ragging
and severely beating him up in a government medical college in the hill state's
Kangra district.
The victim, 19-year-old Aman Kachru, died Sunday- a few hours after being ragged late Saturday by four final year students ofthe Rajindra Prasad Medical College at Tanda town, 20 km from the districtheadquarter town of Kangra.
Police officials said here that Kachru died of head and other injuriessustained after being beaten up by drunk seniors during ragging. The studentsarrested are Ajay Verma and Naveen Verma, Deputy Superintendent of Police O.P.Jamwal said. Abhinav Verma and Mukul Sharma were absconding, he added.
Though the victim gave a complaint to the college authorities and the policeafter being beaten up, both reacted to it only after he died under mysteriouscircumstances. The role of the local police and the hospital authorities isunder the scanner for not having reacted till the victim died.
"We will take strict action against the senior students who indulged inragging and anyone else who showed laxity in curbing ragging. If a murder casehas to registered against the senior students, it will be done on the basis ofthe postmortem report," Bindal told.
Police officials said here that Kachru died of head and other injuriessustained after being beaten up by drunk seniors during ragging. The studentsarrested are Ajay Verma and Naveen Verma, Deputy Superintendent of Police O.P.Jamwal said. Abhinav Verma and Mukul Sharma were absconding, he added.
Though the victim gave a complaint to the college authorities and the policeafter being beaten up, both reacted to it only after he died under mysteriouscircumstances. The role of the local police and the hospital authorities isunder the scanner for not having reacted till the victim died.
"We will take strict action against the senior students who indulged inragging and anyone else who showed laxity in curbing ragging. If a murder casehas to registered against the senior students, it will be done on the basis ofthe postmortem report," Bindal told.
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