4 students suspended in ragging case

Puducherry, Nov 3 : Four students of the Vivekananda Government Higher Secondary School at Villianur near here were suspended today for allegedly ragging another student last week.

Sridhar (16), a plus-one student of the school, was undressed and ragged by a group of students on October 30. Later, he escaped the scene and informed his parents, who lodged a complaint with Public Health Minister A Namasivayam, who visited the school on that day.

The school authorities then informed the Minister that the disciplinary committee of the school would take appropriate action on the issue.

Accordingly, the committee identified four students involved in the ragging and suspended them. They were Manosundar, Srinivasan, Vikramadithan and Sredhar.

Further action would be initiated in consultation with the education department officials, School Vice Principal Ezhil told newspersons.

--UNI

College students suspended from hostel for alleged ragging

Puducherry Oct 24 The management of the Puducherry Engineering College has suspended 11 senior students from the hostel for alleged ragging and `indiscipline`.

A top college official told PTI today that there were reports that a section of senior students in the hostel had clashed with some juniors as a result of ragging in the hostel yesterday.

The hostel authorities had taken immediate step to suspend the seniors to restore discipline.

Making it clear that the senior students were suspended from the hostel only, the official said only after enquiry through a committee would any course of action be decided. He maintained that the college would brook no indiscipline in the institution.

Source: PTI