Double trouble for Bakatullah University Institute of Technology, student files ragging plaint

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 BHOPAL: Nothing seems to be going right for Bakatullah University Institute of Technology (BUIT) these days. Two days after students raised a stink over poor lab facilities and shortage of faculty, institute authorities have another problem on their plate on Friday.

A first year mechanical engineering student of the institute registered a complaint against seniors on the UGC helpline. Incidentally, it is the fourth time in a week's time when a student from Bhopal registered a complaint of ragging on the UGC helpline. Earlier, three students of MANIT filed complaints of ragging on the UGC helpline.

 In his complaint, BUIT student highlighted juniors were being mentally and physically harassed. He claimed that second year students are also making juniors' life miserable on the campus and in hostels. "I was asked to do unnecessary things. When I refused I was beaten up," said the student without quoting his name. In his complaint, student said though scared, he was ready to identify seniors who had beaten him. He has requested authorities to take necessary steps at the earliest.

 A junior student, on condition of anonymity, said, "Complaint by a student on UGC helpline is not surprising. Ragging in BUIT is common for many years. There is no one to take care of junior students." Sources said, ragging took place in Jawahar hostel. Despite repeated efforts by UGC helpline, vice-chancellor Professor Nisha Dubey and registrar Dr Sanjay Tiwari could not be contacted as their cell-phones were switched off.

Efforts by TOI to contact the two authorities also proved futile. Barkatullah University, late in the night, issued a press note claiming that there was no incident of ragging on the campus

2 students quit Kolkata institute after ‘ragging’

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 Two students have withdrawn their admission from the Marine Engineering and Research Institute (MERI) in Kolkata after being allegedly ragged. Amir Suhail and Vaanchit Kundlia, who joined the institute on August 7 this year, have also filed an FIR at the Taratala Police Station in this regard.

 When Amir informed his father, Suhail Ahmed, about the alleged physical punishment and threats from his seniors, Ahmed contacted the Anti-Ragging Cell in New Delhi, which forwarded the complaint to college Director M K Ghosh on August 10.

 Amir has also alleged the institute director told him that the seniors had the "right" to slap their juniors and that it is for their own benefit. The parents of the two are now demanding that the initial admission fee paid to the college, which amounts to Rs 1,17,500 each, be refunded. The institute director Ghosh denied the allegations, saying the reports have been exaggerated.

Teacher beaten up for preventing ragging

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 A guest teacher at Government Thakur Ranmat Singh College in Rewa district was beaten up by two senior students on Monday morning, after he prevented them from ragging first year students. The incident comes just five days after a girl student of a pharmacy college in Bhopal committed suicide having been ragged by seniors.

 Interestingly, earlier in the morning, students of BCom first year of the college had made a complaint with the national anti- ragging helpline of the University Grants Commission, saying that the senior students were harassing them and beating them up regularly. According to Civil Lines police, around 10.10am on Monday, when the guest teacher Jitendra Shukla was taking English class of first year students at the college, the two accused–Mehfuz Khan and Nitesh Tiwari–barged into the class and told the teacher to leave as they wanted to rag the juniors. When the teacher refused to allow them, the accused abused and assaulted him, in-charge of the Civil Lines police station, Sandeep Ayachi told HT over telephone.

 Upon the complaint of the teacher, the police have registered cases against the two accused under multiple sections, including assault, criminal intimidation, preventing government servant from discharging duties and forcing to commit offence (in this case becoming an accomplice in ragging). Mehfuz is a son of a police constable and has a past record of multiple crimes, mainly intimidation and assault.

 Both are absconding and the police have launched a manhunt for them. Despite repeated attempts on the landline of the college and on the cell phone, principal of the TRS College, AP Mishra, could not be contacted for comment. Earlier in the morning, after getting a telephonic complaint from the BCom first year students of TRS College, the authorities of the national anti-ragging helpline contacted the principal of the college, vice-chancellor of Avadesh Pratap Singh (APS) University, Rewa, and superintendent of police of Rewa Akash Jindal, urging them to take immediate steps to resolve the issue. when contacted, vice chancellor of APS University, RM Mishra, said he had been intimated about the ragging complaint by the anti-ragging helpline.

 He said now that he has also been informed about the assault on teacher, he would talk to the principal of the college on the both the issues and ask him to take suitable action. “The university-level antiragging monitoring committee would also conduct a probe into the incidents and we would initiate action after the report,” the VC said. (With inputs from Rakesh Yengal in Rewa)

Dibrugarh University student expelled from hostel for ragging

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-13/guwahati/41372472_1_student-dibrugarh-university-mathematics DIBRUGARH: A mathematics department student of Dibrugarh University was expelled from hostel on Monday by the authorities for ragging a fresher. The student, SurenPegu from Dhemaji, was found guilty of ragging a newcomer of the same department. Prof JitenHazarika of DU said the victim's brother had complained to the university authorities about the incident which occurred some days ago. A probe was conducted, following which the student was expelled.

Ragging: MANIT brass in denial mode, cops meet complainant

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 BHOPAL: Sticking to their stand for second straight day, authorities in Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) have termed a complaint lodged on UGC helpline as fake. Police on Monday confirmed that there was a complaint and they met the complainant. "After receiving details, I contacted father of the complainant.

He was satisfied with promptness shown by the police after receiving ragging complaints on the helpline," said SP Bhopal (South) Anshuman Singh. About the complaint he said, "It was a complaint of general nature by a student stating that juniors are facing trouble from seniors. Student is from MANIT." Asked about the identity of the student, he said, "Student's name cannot be disclosed at any level of the process." 

Interestingly, MANIT director Dr Appu Kuttan claimed that the complaints filed on UGC helpline are absolutely fake. "I personally met first year students and they did not say anything about the complaint on the helpline," he said. Dr Kuttan added that he spoke to the UGC and assured them the campus is ragging-free.

 He said the only incident that took place on MANIT campus was a fight between third year and final year students about 15 to 20 days ago. "It was not ragging. I had immediately suspended seven students including 6 from final year and one from third year. I will not tolerate any ragging or fight among students," he said. MANIT will soon launch a helpline to deal with ragging complaints.

 "The helpline number will be displayed on official portal of MANIT. Students can contact me directly any time if they are facing ragging issues." Security personnel stepped up vigil on the campus.

Pharmacy student commits suicide over ragging

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 BHOPAL: Perturbed over ragging by senior students a second year bachelor of pharmacy (B Pharm) student of a private college, allegedly committed suicide at her house in Kamla Nagar on Tuesday evening. Deceased Anita Sharma, 18, stated ragging by seniors as the reason for her to take the extreme step in her suicide note.

 A case regarding abetment of suicide would be registered after investigation, the police said. The police have recovered a four-page handwritten suicide note and deceased's mobile phone from spot. In the first two pages of the suicide note, the deceased stated about torture by senior girl students of RKDF College where she studied while the second half of suicide note was dedicated to her family members. The deceased had started the note by stating that she was harassed by seniors, particularly four girl students for over a year.

When they continued to torture her even after she reached II year she was not left with any option but to end her life, the suicide note said. Anita has named other students, including her classmates, who were aware about the treatment being meted to her. Though she did not explain the exact incident that led her to take the extreme step, she mentioned that she was asked to do something objectionable, besides being asked to dance, sing and was repeatedly humiliated in front of other college students. She alleged that boyfriends of the girl students, who tortured her, were also harassing her and she had refused to share her mobile number with them.

 Anita, a resident of Jeevan Vihar near PNT Square, lived with her mother, two elder sisters, niece and brother here while her father Kamlesh Sharma, a liasoning officer with a private firm, works in Mumbai. The deceased, youngest in the family, had returned home in the afternoon and told her bother Hemant, an engineering student, that she was being tortured by her seniors in college. Hemant advised her to talk about it with their father so that he could take up the matter with the college authorities.

 Police said Anita's mother, Nirmala and sister Priyanka, a B Com student were in Jaipur to submit a form in Priyanka's college, while her eldest sister, Sarita had gone out for work when Anita committed suicide. After the conversation, Hemant left for market in the evening and Anita was at home with her niece Shruti, a minor girl. She apparently told Shruti not come to her room and allegedly hanged herself. Her body was noticed when Sarita returned home at 8 pm.

Police and her parents were informed. The post-mortem was conducted on Wednesday after her mother and sister returned from Jaipur and father, who was in Jabalpur in connection with some work, reached home. In her suicide note to the family, the deceased wrote to her parents that she loved them and asked her brother to make it big in life. Anita, whose birthday was to fall on August 15, also requested her parents to perform her last rites in a pink dress.

Senior expelled after newcomer reports ragging to HRD ministry

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AJMER: A newcomer in the Regional Education Institute was ragged so severely by a senior that he left the session after a few days of joining. Parents of the victim reported the matter to college administration but no action was taken.
 The victim then made a complaint to the national cell of HRD ministry with a recording on his mobile phone. On the instructions of the ministry, the institute on Tuesday initiated action and expelled the accused from the hostel.

 The Regional Education Institute is running a programme of BSc BEd wherein students from all over the country apply to get admission. The institute is run by NCERT. According to sources, a boy from Haryana took admission in the institute and was allotted a hostel here. Third year student Dharmraj Meena called the boy on phone and ragged him. "He is the leader of seniors and humiliated me so much that it was not possible for me to study there," said the victim in his complaint. The boy narrated the incident to his parents who rushed to Ajmer and talked to the principal but they got no response. The victim then left the institute and filed a complaint with the national cell of HRD ministry.

 Ministry forwarded the complaint with serious remarks to the NCERT, directing them to investigate the matter. Sources say that if ragging incidents are reported in any educational institute, the institute has to lodge FIR against the accused. Looking to the seriousness of charges, the NCERT instructed the institute to take action in the matter.

 On Monday, principal of the institute V K Kakaria called a meeting of the anti-ragging committee, "The committee led by dean is looking into the matter. There are serious charges of ragging. We have identified the accused senior," said Kakaria. Sources said that the committee asked the accused to leave the hostel immediately. "There is a recording of ragging of the victim by the senior and, therefore, we do not need to investigate much," said an official.