Another ragging case in Kerala: Seniors beat up first-year student, give him water after spitting in it
According to the complainant, the campus had witnessed a clash between seniors and juniors on February 11, after which a first-year student who was injured in the incident complained to the police.
The incident happened at Kariavattom Government College. (Photo: Kariavattom Government College website) Seven members of SFI, the student wing of Kerala’s ruling CPI(M), were on Tuesday suspended from a government college in Thiruvananthapuram for allegedly assaulting a first-year student of the college. A police case has also been registered against the seven.
The suspension came after the anti-ragging cell of Kariavattom Government College submitted a report on the complaint of a first-year student.
According to the complainant, the campus had witnessed a clash between seniors and juniors on February 11, after which a first-year student who was injured in the incident complained to the police. Irked by the police complaint, the SFI members allegedly stormed into the hostel, looking for the student who filed it. When they couldn’t find him, they allegedly caught hold of another first-year and took him to a room used by the SFI for organisational activities, the complaint of the victim said.
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