Thursday, September 20, 2007

[NewKerala] Ragging issue: Students resort to violence in college


Chengalpattu, Sep 19 : The ragging of a fresher by the seniors at the Government law college here, snowballed into a law and order problem with students resorting to violence on the college campus.

Police said after a first year girl student Azgaguvalli (19) complained of ragging by a senior student, her brother came to the college along with his supporters in six cars to ''enquire'' into the incident.

Even as Mr Palanivel Rajan, brother of Azhaguvalli met the Principal and resolved the issue after summoning the senior student, Devakumar (20), word spread in the campus that rowdies had come to the college to attack the students.

The enraged students assembled quickly and damaged the cars, using stones and wooden logs. Senior police officials, led by District Superintendent of Police rushed to the spot and restored order.

Police registered complaints filed by the girl student, who was recently married, her brother Mr Palanivel Rajan, who is the state functionary of Moovendar Pasarai and student representative Muniselvam and investigating.

--- UNI

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ragging is a very sickening CRIMINAL ACT.

I have witnessed the horror of ragging during my university years in REC, Calicut in 1961-67. Thank God, I was the first batch so that I was not ragged.

But I feel so sorry for all those BABY-FACED youngsters. Some of them were subjected to all kind of SICKENING SEXUAL THINGS.

It is so sad that EVERY ONE TAKES RAGGING AS A JOKE, when poor, innocent BABY-FACE youngsters are subjected to all kind of horrendous unmentionable things.

Lecturers and professors joke about that, but they do not do anything. College authorities keep a BLIND EYE to the atrocities that are committed in the name of ragging.

Ragging is bullying and many use that an excuse to abuse innocent youngsters. It is cruel and it has to be stopped.

Students who indulge in ragging should be criminally prosecuted. School and University authorities who allow Ragging also should be criminally prosecuted.

Let them be thrown into jails where they will be subjected to the same treatment they gave to innocent victims by fellow prisoners.

I was very sick of the whole RAGGING, and I wrote an article about it. The THE HINDU, Madras published the article "Is Ragging a Necessary Evil?" in their Sunday magazine section in 1967…..

Alas! after all these years Ragging is still going on every where in India.