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Kerala Ragging Case: Two first-year students at Kariavattom Government College were allegedly beaten and forced to drink water that had been spat into in a brutal ragging incident.
Two students allege brutal ragging at Kerala’s Kariavattom Government College. (Image: facebook.com/gcktvm)
In another case of severe ragging in Kerala, two first-year students from Kariavattom Government College in Thiruvananthapuram were beaten and forced to drink water that had been spat into by some of the accused. First-year biotechnology student Bince Joseph and first-year biochemistry student Abhishek were allegedly brutally ragged by third-year students, as reported by the Deccan Herald.
The police have registered a case against seven students in connection with the assault. Sections of the anti-ragging act will be applied once the college authorities submit a formal report.
The incident became public after the recent case of a junior nursing student being assaulted at the Government Nursing College in Kottayam sparked outrage in Kerala.
Jose said he filed a complaint with the police and college authorities right after the incident. “The incident happened when I and my friend Abhishek were walking through the campus. Then a group of seniors stopped us and started beating me. My friend managed to run away from there and went to inform the principal,” he told the media.
He accused the seniors of beating him with a bamboo pole and a belt. “I was then taken to the unit room and locked up there. My shirt was removed, and they made me kneel. When I asked for water to drink, one of the senior students spat into a half glass of water and gave it,” Jose recalled.
Jose also said the seniors threatened him, telling him not to speak about the incident. They forced him to file a complaint against his friend, claiming that he had beaten him up.
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The Kazhakoottam Police said they registered a case on February 11, under sections of the BNS including rioting, wrongful confinement, and others. “As per the provisions of the Kerala Prohibition of Ragging Act 1998, we submitted a request to the unit head of the college (Principal) to submit us a report after carrying out an inquiry as to whether any ragging had happened in the institution as stated in the complaint,” a police officer said.
The principal submitted a report confirming the issues in the complaint. “As soon as we received the report, we added the ragging sections also in the case,” the officer added.
A report on the incident will soon be submitted to the court, and further actions will be taken.
