Six students booked for ragging, assaulting juniors

Raigarh, Aug 9 (PTI) A case has been registered against six students for allegedly ragging and assaulting their juniors at the Post-Metric Tribal Boys hostel here, police said today. According to police, five students of class XI have accused six of their seniors in the hostel, studying in class XII, had ragged and assaulted them. One of the complainants Yudhisthir Majhi has alleged that the accused used to force them to buy cigarettes and liquor late in the night and also used to beat them. The complainants further alleged that last night the accused identified as Sanjay Ekka, Haridhar Urav, Sanjay Sidar, Bhushan Sidar, Vijay Urav and Bhagirath Sidar beat 15 juniors for not showing respect to them, seriously injuring them. A case under relevant sections of the Ragging Act and the IPC have been registered against the six accused, who are all absconding, police said.