17 September 2009:VARANASI: The menace of ragging took an ugly turn here on Wednesday when a rampaging mob of senior UP Autonomous College students attacked the
hostel housing freshers, ransacked the building and brutally beat up over 35 BSc students whose appeal for mercy fell on deaf ears.
The attack was so ferocious that the entire hostel staff, including the warden, had to take shelter in nearby buildings even as the mob fought pitched battle with a heavy posse of police on the campus.
The attack came apparently to teach juniors a lesson for lodging complaint against two seniors for ragging. While two students were arrested till late evening, search was on to nab others.
The juniors alleged that harassment by seniors had been going on for the past few days. They had even approached the college authorities and lodged a complaint which irked the final year BSc students.
On Wednesday, a mob of senior students arrived at the Third Hostel housing first year students and in a pre-planned move, ransacked the furniture, doors, books and threw food of the inmates. After this, they turned their ire towards the juniors and beat them up with sticks and broken furniture.
When the vandalism subsided, over 35 first-year students including Abhishek, Gaurav, Vivek Singh, Rupesh, Sarvesh, Shiv Prakash, Shrikant, Shrawan Shukla, Narain Pandey, Ajit and Suryakant, were left tending to serious injuries on face and head.
While the seniors held the entire hostel to ransom, wardens remained a mute spectator. The students relented only when principal Sabha Shankar Tiwari arrived on the scene along with a heavy police force. However, the mob retreated only to return back and attack the juniors once again, forcing the police to use force.
The injured were immediately rushed to Deen Dayal Hospital for treatment and a heavy police force was deployed on the campus to prevent any further untoward incident.
The attack was so ferocious that the entire hostel staff, including the warden, had to take shelter in nearby buildings even as the mob fought pitched battle with a heavy posse of police on the campus.
The attack came apparently to teach juniors a lesson for lodging complaint against two seniors for ragging. While two students were arrested till late evening, search was on to nab others.
The juniors alleged that harassment by seniors had been going on for the past few days. They had even approached the college authorities and lodged a complaint which irked the final year BSc students.
On Wednesday, a mob of senior students arrived at the Third Hostel housing first year students and in a pre-planned move, ransacked the furniture, doors, books and threw food of the inmates. After this, they turned their ire towards the juniors and beat them up with sticks and broken furniture.
When the vandalism subsided, over 35 first-year students including Abhishek, Gaurav, Vivek Singh, Rupesh, Sarvesh, Shiv Prakash, Shrikant, Shrawan Shukla, Narain Pandey, Ajit and Suryakant, were left tending to serious injuries on face and head.
While the seniors held the entire hostel to ransom, wardens remained a mute spectator. The students relented only when principal Sabha Shankar Tiwari arrived on the scene along with a heavy police force. However, the mob retreated only to return back and attack the juniors once again, forcing the police to use force.
The injured were immediately rushed to Deen Dayal Hospital for treatment and a heavy police force was deployed on the campus to prevent any further untoward incident.
Source:The Times of India
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