Private school student alleges ragging by seniors in Berhampur

Berhampur, Nov 26: Ragging has been a common incident in several colleges of the silk city for the last few days. Days after 12 students of Vinayak Acharya college were rusticated for allegedly harassing juniors in college premises, a class-VI student of a private school of the city has alleged being thrashed and harassed by his seniors repeatedly. The incident came to the fore after the student explained the matter to his mother. However, while the parents of the student tried to bring the matter to the notice of the school authorities, they even did not pay heed to the matter. After failing to get justice in school, they lodged a complaint against the students with Gosaninuagaon police. Based on the complaint, police are investigating the matter and a case has been filed against eight senior students. According to the complainant, the incident has been reported from Gurukul International School in Gosaninuagaon area of Berhampur. The victim was allegedly thrashed by his seniors many times and threatened by them not to reveal the torture. Notably, a few days back a video of the students of Binayak Acharya College in Berhampur ragging their juniors went viral on the internet. Taking stringent action into the incident, the authorities have rusticated 12 students of the college. Another incident was also reported from Khallikote Junior college where a girl student had complained of ragging by seniors inside the college premises. Similarly, a second-year engineering student was reportedly ragged and beaten up by his seniors at VSSUT, Burla. According to the complainant, a group of his seniors brutally thrashed him and threatened not to speak about the torture to anyone.