Darbhanga Medical College fines 54 girl students Rs 25,000 to Rs 1 lakh each for ragging juniors

DARBHANGA: Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital authorities allegedly fined 54 girl students Rs 25000 each for ragging juniors.

According to reports, the action was taken after the college Anti-Ragging Committee found the members of girls hostel guilty of ragging first-year student.

"The victim complained that she was abused, beaten and mentally tortured. She alleged in her written complaint that the seniors put pressure on her for one work or another," a college official told IANS.

The incident report was filed with the Medical Council of India or MCI on November 11. The MCI directed the DMCH to take action on the complaint on November 16.

The fine was imposed by college principal RK Sinha. The students have been directed to pay the penalty amount by November 25, the official added. Failure to pay fine will invite stern action, the college authorities said. The guardians of the 54 students have been informed.

Last week in a similar incident, the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College administration in Bhagalpur had imposed Rs. 25,000 fine each on 33 second-year students for ragging their juniors. Principal Arjun Singh imposed the fine of Rs. 8.25 lakh on the 33 students of the 2016 batch for ragging the 2017-batch students earlier in November.

With agency inputs