IN 2009-10, educational institutions have started a crackdown on ragging that is unprecedented. Many cases of police complaints have come to light.
- 28 July 2009: 19 girl students fine for ragging freshers at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Link
- 29 July: Law student in Pune, Neeraj Dubey, booked for extortion bid against fresher. Link
- 29 July 2009: Three punished for ragging juniors at the Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) in Ludhiana, Punjab. Booked under bailable sections of IPC. Link This despite the college conducting a ‘introduction’ programme to acquaint seniors and juniors. Link
- 30 July 2009: 10 Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, students caught ragging in Assi Ghat, fined Rs. 50,000; FIRs lodged. Link
- 7 September 2009: Nursing students complain of ragging at a BHU hostel; amongst other things they were “taught manners”. Link
- 9 September 2009: First year engineering student stripped and beten with sticks at CITM College in Faridabad, Haryana. Link 1 | Link 2
- 15 September 2009: FIR against four seniors of BHU for forcing a fresher to ‘act like a male stripper’ outside university campus. The accused had also forced the fresher to part with Rs. 1,000 and his mobile phone. Link | Link 2
- 18 September 2009: 15 agriculture students rusticated at Varanasi’s Udai Pratap Autonomous College. FIR lodged under the UP Anti-Ragging Act 2009. The four students say they had been subjected to mental and physical torture for three months. “They would snatch his money, lock him into a bathroom and beat him up. His bike would also often be snatched.” Two students sent to jail. Link 1 | Link 2 | Link 3
- 21 September 2009: At the MP Shah Medical ollege in Jamnagar, Gujarat, three students take a transfer to another college to escape ragging and a fourth lodges an FIR. The accused senior is rusticated for 2 years. The abuse continued after he had dropped out. Soon after, police trainees in Gujarat are educated about ragging and anti-ragging laws. Link 1 | Link 2 | Link 3
- 23 September: Jadavpur University, Kolkata, penalises five students, expelling three of them so they can’t even take admission elsewhere. This was on the basis of a complaint to the anti-ragging squad by five students who said they had been subjected to physical and mental abuse. But the freshers soon claimed they had been forced to make a false complaint, resulting in another enquiry. Link 1 | Link 2
- 27 September 2009: Inaction over ragging complaint leads to group clashes on eve of students’ union elections in Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar. Link
JNU revokes rustication order against raggers. Link
(More cases being added)
Filed under: 2009-10, Ragging and the Law
