7 law students suspended for ragging

Raipur, Sep 11: Seven students of the Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU) located in New Raipur were suspended from University hostel and fined for ragging four of their juniors.
The four freshers pursuing BA LLB had lodged a complaint with Vice-Chancellor Prof Sukhpal Singh after they were allegedly abused and beaten up by the accused on Thursday.

Taking cognisance of the ragging complaint--reported for the first time since inception of the law University in 2003--an Anti-Ragging Committee yesterday found the seven students (all from 3rd semister) guilty of the charges, and recommended their immediate suspension from the hostel.

The committee further slapped a fine ranging from Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000 on four of them considering the gravity of the crime.

According to Vice-Chancellor Prof Singh, all the seven students had also been barred from participating in any events and activities of the Varsity in and outside the state while pursuing the degree course.
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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.

School student files ragging case

Raipur: On Friday, a student of Salem School complained to the office of the city superintendent of police (CSP), Kotwali. He filed a complaint that one of his classmates harasses him and threatens him with beating.

The student, Nimoh, has complained about ragging, but it seems like a case of personal enmity, Golbazaar Town Inspector Ashish Shukla said. The student accused of ragging is the class prefect, Shukla added.

It has been revealed that Nimoh was threatened by the accused that he would be beaten up by some local goons of the railway station. The police are investigating the case.

Student powers

The popular item song of Munni Badnaam Hui from Dabangg had spelt trouble for many a munni (girl) in a prestigious school in the Chhattisgarh capital. School authorities were stunned recently when a group of girls came up on the stage soon after morning assembly and started performing the suggestive song. Not unexpectedly, the performers were suspended for the day. Later, it transpired that these students were forced to perform the song-and-dance sequence under pressure from senior students. But no senior student was suspended for ragging. The reason: they come from politically powerful and well-connected people in the state. That’s no surprise since the schools was originally established to educate princes and princesses.

Five tribal students in Chhattisgarh suspended for ragging

September 10th, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS

Raipur, Sep 10 (IANS) Five tribal students of a government-run school in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district have been suspended for ragging after over a dozen junior students complained that they were forced by the seniors to stroll naked in the hostel complex and beaten, an official said.


The five suspended students were studying in Class 10. The school authorities suspended them late Wednesday night based on prima facie evidence that they would force some students of Class 6 and 7 to walk naked in the hostel campus and also beat them regularly, a senior official of the tribal welfare department told IANS Thursday.

The hostel is located in the complex of Bharti Higher Secondary School in Govindpur locality of Kanker town, about 150 km south of capital Raipur. Over 54 hostel students, including 50 tribal students, are enrolled in the school.

The source said that the hostel superintendent has also been placed under suspension for overlooking the ragging episode.

The juniors were allegedly being ragged for several weeks but it came to light only on Sep 6 when a few victims went to their native village on leave and complained to their parents.

Senior held for ragging girl student in Chhattisgarh

IANS 1 September 2009, 10:45am IST

RAIPUR: A student of the Government Engineering College (GEC) here has been arrested for ragging his junior. A police officer said Praveen had asked the girl to hug him and do it daily.


Praveen Mishra, a seventh semester student of Mechanical Engineering, was held on Monday from his college in Shej Bahar area on the outskirts of Raipur after a fifth semester computer science engineering student reported ragging.


"The student has a history of misbehaving with juniors. He was arrested for ragging the girl student and has been put in jail," said police station in charge.

He said Praveen forcibly stopped the girl student Monday and asked her to follow his instructions. Subsequently, she filed a complaint with the police.

Meanwhile, college authorities are investigating the matter on a directive by the college's anti-ragging committee which was set up early this year on instructions of the state government.

College students in Chhattisgarh suspended for ragging juniors

Raipur, Jan 10 (IANS) Fourteen students at a college in the city were Saturday suspended by the authorities, a day after the police registered a case against them for ragging their juniors throughout the night.
Government Science College principal Geeta Tiwari called a meeting of the college's anti-ragging committee, which decided to suspend the 14 students, who are on the run since they slapped 14 juniors about 90 times one by one in the institute's Shastri hostel Wednesday night.
A complaint was lodged at the local police station by the 14 first year students, whose faces swelled up due to the beating. It took the freshers two days to muster up courage to make the complaint.
Tiwari told reporters that the college administration was surprised that juniors were ragged in the college hostel and said that she would teach a lesson to the students who brought a bad name to the college.
Meanwhile, city police chief Lal Umed Singh Saturday said that police would soon arrest all the absconding students.

[Yahoo] Keep Chhattisgarh ragging free: Raman Singh

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By IANS
Thursday October 11, 02:21 PM

Raipur, Oct 11 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Thursday told the higher education and technical education departments to ensure that no new student is mentally or physically harassed by seniors.

'The chief minister is highly concerned about ragging and wants to make sure that Chhattisgarh does not have any ragging cases,' an official said.

Officials have been told to be in constant touch with college managements and technical institutions to find out if any fresher is being harassed.

The officials have been directed not to hush up any ragging case, even a minor one. The guilty students would be sacked from the institution.