[KashmirObserver] SHO Injured in Attack by College Raggers

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Srinagar, Mar 04, KONS: With the re-opening of educational institutions after winter, the scourge of ragging has raised its head with full force in the colleges of Srinagar, with new entrants being harassed to the point of mental torment by so-called seniors.

College authorities seem to have adopted a “see no evil, hear no evil” attitude, refusing to acknowledge that the menace exists in their midst, and take no action against offenders.

The situation has gotten so out of hand, that a police officer from the Kothi Bagh police station was seriously injured and had to be hospitalized after he was attacked by students of the SP College who were engaged in ragging.

The officer, the station house officer (SHO) of the police station, Pervez Ahmad, had led a police party to the campus after receiving reports that ragging was in progress in the college.

But they had to face a heavy barrage of stones from the offending seniors, leading to serious injuries to the SHO.

Two students, Aamir Reyaz Zargar of Harwan and Yawar Muhammad of Khanyar, said to have been involved in the incident, have been detained by police, while a search is on for their companions.

Though a strict law exists against ragging, college authorities in the valley do not act to check the deplorable practice, prompting delinquent seniors in degree colleges across Kashmir to take advantage of the laxity and impose their superiority over raw new comers by abusive means.