Bengaluru College ragging: Juniors allege that seniors assaulted them with iron rods

The shocker in Bengaluru College includes forcing juniors to fetch cigarettes and assaulting them with iron rods.

A shocking incident has made the headlines where juniors from a Bengaluru College have alleged that juniors assaulted them. The junior have reportedly alleged that the seniors forced them to follow orders, including bringing cigarettes, and also assaulted them using iron rods.

Three arrested and an FIR has been filed against at least 20 for ragging juniors.

Three students have been arrested in the ragging case, while an FIR has been filed against at least 20 others in a case involving the ragging of 1st year students at a private college in Karnataka’s Bengaluru, said police on Friday. The three students were sent to judicial custody, while notices were sent to 29 students and one person who is not enrolled at the college but was named in the first information report, they added. The juniors have reportedly alleged that the seniors forced them to follow orders, including bringing cigarettes and also assaulted them using iron rods and wooden sticks. The issue came to light on January 16, when a senior administrator at the Aakash Group of Institutions in Devanahalli filed a complaint, said senior police officers. The complaint mentioned about an alleged incident that took place over the previous two days.

More on the horrifying ragging incident.

The complaint said that the accused allegedly ragged first-year students on the campus on January 14 and made them follow their instructions, including fetching cigarettes and drinks and carrying their books. This led to a formal warning from the administration. Despite the formal warning, the ragging allegedly continued. The senior also attacked junior students using iron rods, stones, and wooden sticks during the incident. One of the accused also took a gold chain belonging to one of the students, police were quoted saying by news agency ANI.

The situation worsened on January 15 when two junior students reportedly declined to follow the seniors’ demands and were assaulted, according to the police. “The victims are minors. Despite repeated instructions from the management, the ragging continued unabated,” said an officer. The complainant also claimed that the accused attacked him and several staff members after they tried to step in and calm the situation.