7 students arrested on ragging charges
Coimbatore: Coimbatore City Police on Wednesday arrested seven students of a private engineering college on Avinashi Road for ragging, shaving their heads, assaulting their junior in the hostel and stripping her while demanding money for drinking. Did. Police said senior students recently barged into the room of a first-year student hailing from Tiruppur at night and demanded money to buy liquor.
“When she refused, seven students studying in the second year and staying in the hostel forcefully took her to their room and locked the doors. They then shaved her head with a trimmer, stripped her and also assaulted her. The torture continued till morning before he was released,” the police said.
The seniors, who videotaped the entire incident of misbehavior with the junior, also threatened her not to tell anyone about the incident.
Based on the complaint of the shocked parents of the 18-year-old boy, the Peelamedu police registered a case against the abusers under the Tamil Nadu Ragging Prohibition Act as well as a case of wrongful restraint, assault and threats. The accused persons have been arrested and further investigation is underway.
