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Ragging: Accused trio suspended

Ragging: Accused trio suspended

23 March 2012
Engg college hands over case to police
statesman news service
DURGAPUR/MALDA, 23 MARCH: Two private engineering colleges at Kanksa in Burdwan have brought separate charges of ragging and one of the colleges suspended three second-year students for the offence.
The other college has handed over the case to police for action. Dibyendu Mallik, a second year Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering student with WBUT-affiliated Durgapur Institute of Advanced Technology and Management near Panagarh, complained that he was teased and physically assaulted by two fourth year students ~ Prasenjit Kumar and Ashis Kumar ~ yesterday evening.
He said: “They were teasing me on the plea that I was not properly dressed as I didn’t put the shirt in the trouser.” He alleged: “When I didn’t pay any serious attention to their taunts they dragged me and started beating me in front of others. A handful of my class-mates finally rescued me.”
Dibyendu, son of Mr Ananda Mallik, a staff with Durgapur Municipal Corporation, was rushed to the Durgapur SD Hospital today. Mr Mondal alleged: “The director of the college didn’t pay any heed to my son’s complaint and for that we had to lodge an FIR with the Kanksa police station finally.” The police, after discussing the matter with the college authority, have decided to book the accused seniors. Mr RN Majumdar, chairman, DIATM said: “We have told police to take necessary steps against the errant students.”
Malandighi Institute of Engineering & Industrial Technology, another private engineering college near Panagarh, has suspended three second-year students ~ Anand Sharma, Prabhakar Raj and Manish Sharma ~ from the college hostel after a first year Computer Science & Engineering student, Washim Ali, complained of ragging. The victim’s complaint stated that he was roughed up by the three at the college canteen last night as the seniors asked the first-year students to vacate seats as it was time for the seniors' dinner.
The college authorities woke up immediately and after medical examination of the victim, asked the accused to vacate the hostel and suspended them.
Mr Partha Pobi, vice-president of the college, said: “Four days ago we forced eight first-year students to vacate the hostel as they were caught consuming alcohol in the hostel.”

Boy confined to school hostel
A Class IX student of St. Xavier’s School, Malda Motalem Sheikh, was allegedly kept in a hostel alone for five days after his father failed to pay his fees. The boy was rescued by police. Now the desperate father has decided to go to court. The school authority, however, alleged that the allegation was baseless and said the father was “threatening and blackmailing” the teachers. A case has been filed against the school authorities.

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