Expelled students will never be allowed hostel facilities at Allahabad University

The incident of ragging had occurred on October 3 at A N Jha hostel.

A statement issued by the AU said: “The students found guilty of ragging charges are expelled for one year. In future,if they enroll in any course,they would not be allowed accommodation in any of the hostels.”

Three of the 10 expelled students were pursuing post-graduate courses,while the remaining were second and third year students in different bachelo’s’ courses. AU PRO,Prof P K Sahu,said: “A special meeting of the Proctorial Board was held to take a decision in the matter. No other issue was discussed at the meeting.”

Although the incident of ragging had occurred on October 3 evening,it had come to light when a bunch of first year students had approached media organisations past Monday midnight.

A day later,the University authorities had swung into action expelling the accused students from the hostel. However,they claimed that there was no delay in taking action on their part.

The junior students had given written complaints against the senior students alleging physical abuse and mental harassment. The warden of A N Jha hostel had issued show cause notices to the accused students. A report was subsequently forwarded to the Proctor.

Meanwhile,a case on the basis of a report forwarded by the Proctor has been registered at Colonelganj police station under different sections of the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Ragging Act 2010. Investigations in the case are on.