Six students of Nagpur government medical college, hospital suspended for ragging

NEW DELHI: Six MBBS interns of the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H), Nagpur have been suspended for allegedly ragging a junior student, an official said on Wednesday.

The action was taken after the junior student, who is studying in the first year of MBBS course, sent a video of alleged ragging to the Central Anti-Ragging Committee, the college official added. The suspended students were undergoing internship. The allegedly ragging took place six months ago. The complainant secretly shot a video of the incident, the college official said.

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After receiving the video along with his complaint, the central committee directed the GMC&H administration to initiate action. College Dean Dr Raj Gajbhiye immediately issued orders suspending intership of the students and also asked them to vacate the hostel, the official said. The anti-ragging committee of the college also lodged a complaint with Ajni police station but no First Information Report has been registered yet, police sources said.

Recently, a student named Anand Sharma from Dibrugarh University jumped from the second floor of a building allegedly to avoid getting ragged by seniors. The police will open an investigation to find out whether the university authorities tried to cover up the incident.

In another similar incident, two postgraduate students from Assam Medical College, orthopedics department were found guilty of harassing junior PG students, physically and mentally. The College has suspended them.