JNTU suspends 11 engineering students for ragging junior

The suspended students, nine third year and two second year, are from the Petrochemical Engineering department of the University.

JNTU suspends students for ragging junior

11 students from the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) in Kakinada have been suspended by the vice-chancellor for 15 days from class work and for two weeks from the University hostel. The authorities took the decision to suspend the students after receiving a complaint of ragging against them.  The suspended students, nine third year and two second year, are from the Petrochemical Engineering department of the University.

Explaining what transpired, University Principal Dr MHM Krishna Prasad told the New Indian Express, “On Monday, when the first-year student, a native of Srikakulam, was leaving the mess after dinner, the seniors called him and asked him to do their lab report work. Later, the student informed his friend, also his intermediate classmate when they were studying in Visakhapatnam, of the incident. Following this, they lodged a complaint on the National Ragging Prevention Project under the University Grants Commission (UGC) website.”

The University VC, GVR Prasad Raju received the information from the UGC. Eventually, the VC informed the principal and Kakinada district SP of the incident. The varsity then constituted an anti-ragging committee on Tuesday with nine professors, including the principal and the hostel manager. “We interacted with the complainant as well as with the 11 seniors,” he added.

The panel submitted the report on Saturday, following which the university authorities suspended the senior students. Sarpavaram police inspector A Murali Krishna also visited the campus and questioned the students along with the anti-ragging committee. However, the police has not registered any case. The principal said that in their statement, the seniors maintained that they only tried to interact with the first-year student as he seemed to be shy.

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