Nearly 50 medical students suspended for indulging in violence on campus in Rajasthan

JODHPUR: Nearly 50 students of a medical college in Pali were suspended for 21 days after a clash was reported on the campus, an official said on Tuesday, an official said. Those suspended include students from batches of 2018, 2019 and 2020.

According to the official, the altercation took place during a football match on Sunday, which was followed by yet another at night in the hostel. Principal Deepak Verma said, "We constituted a committee to probe the incident. On the basis of the report, 48 students have been suspended for 3 weeks." They have also been barred from the hostel, he added.

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Junior students have also alleged ragging by seniors but the college administration has rebutted those allegations. According to the information, the clash is said to have culminated during the freshers' party. Sources said that the party had been thrown by batch 2020 students for their seniors from the 2019 batch. But the students of the 2018 batch were excluded, which irked them.

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On Sunday, both these sides came face to face with each other, which resulted in a clash between them. Viral videos of the incident on the internet served as an evidence against the guilty students, source added.