Varanasi: 28 students expelled for ragging juniors
Varanasi: Twenty-eight students were expelled from a college here for ragging their juniors and indulging in violence in September.
The decision was taken by the anti-ragging committee
of the Uday Pratap Autonomous college here.
Notices were served to the students yesterday asking
them to take their transfer certificate from the college
office by November 15, Gulab Singh, the spokesman of the
college said.
Two of the students, who were charged with instigating
the violence, Jang Bahadur Singh and Piyush Singh, have been
expelled for life time while 13 students, who participated in
violent incidents, have been expelled for two academic
sessions- 2009-2010 and 2010-2011. He said 13 others were
expelled for one semester.
On September 16, first year students were beaten by
the seniors at their hostel for complaining against them.
The senior students also ransacked the hostel, damaged
furniture and books. Over 35 students had sustained serious
head and face injuries in the incident.
Bureau Report