15 MBBS students arrested for ragging death in Gujarat

The police have arrested 15 students of a medical college in Gujarat’s Patan district following the death of an 18-year-old student who was allegedly ragged by them, officials said on Monday.

The accused, all second-year MBBS students, allegedly made some juniors, including the victim, stand in a hostel room for more than three hours on Saturday night and subjected them to “mental and physical torture,” as per the FIR. They have been booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and other offences.

The accused students have been suspended from their hostel and academic activities until further orders, said officials of GMERS Medical College and Hospital at Dharpur.

The college’s anti-ragging committee took the statements of 26 students. The committee found that 11 first-year students were subjected to ragging by a group of 15 second-year students.