By IANS,
Agartala : Five students of a medical college here were expelled from their hostel while around 90 were suspended for one month for assaulting a senior, officials said Monday.
The students of Agartala Government Medical College and Hospital were expelled after they physically tortured a third semester student Anil Jamatiya. The students caused burn injuries to Anil by placing a hot iron on his chest and back. He is undergoing treatment presently.
“Anil allegedly stole a laptop of a second semester student Thursday. He was then subjected to nightlong physical torture by the students of different semesters. The college authorities expelled those boys from the college hostel Sunday,” medical college principal Dilip Kumar Das told IANS.
“The five students who were expelled from the college hostel include the victim Anil,” he said. The students have been directed to clear out of the hostel by Sep 9.
The decision to expel the students was taken after an inquiry committee set up after the incident submitted its report to the college principal.
An assistant professor of the medical college, who was part of the committee, said: “It was so cruel that a hot iron was pressed against Anil’s back and chest.”
“Last month, we had to suspend all the girl students of second semester from the hostel for six months after they subjected new students to most obscene physical torture as part of ragging. Their suspension period was, however, reduced following their guardians’ appeals,” the assistant professor said on condition of anonymity.
The 100-seated Agartala Government Medical College and hospital, set up in August 2005, is recognised and approved by the Medical Council of India and affiliated to Tripura Central University. The students’ strength is around 500 there.