Assam: Student Assaulted By Seniors, Case Registered

GUWAHATI: A student at Goalpara Sainik School was allegedly beaten up by his senior on Monday in an additional atrocious incident that was done in the guise of ragging. As the incident came to light, a case was filed against the accused student.

Several students allegedly participated in the altercation. A senior student at Mornai Sainik School allegedly beat the victim student, according to a report made by the victim student's parents to the DGP office. The DGP instructed the Goalpara superintendent of police to initiate action against the accused right away following the submission of the complaint.

According to Sections 325/341/34 of the Indian Criminal Code, a case has been filed by the officer in charge of the Mornai police station.

A senior student stole a junior student's gold chain from the institute last December in the name of ragging. In addition, it has been claimed that the victim, a junior, was undressed and tormented. The seniors beat the victim and turned to using derogatory remarks against him. According to reports, the seniors also demanded 500 rupees from the new student. The seniors bullied and severely beat him when he disobeyed.

Bishal Kashyap Saloi was the named as the victim student. He has filed a case at the Guwahati Chandmari Police Station in relation to the ragging incident.

In the police report, the victim named Devajit Bodo, the hostel monitor, along with two other people. Authorities were informed that the older students had also damaged the victim's two-wheeler in the complaint. The incident was reported from Assam Engineering Institute (AEI).

An unsettling incident occurred at the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya this month, where a student was attacked by his seniors and sustained serious injuries. As per sources, a student from class 9 was allegedly attacked by few students from class 12 while he was eating lunch at his hostel.

The student was attacked brutally after which he was quickly brought to the hospital.  In the interim, the family insisted the school management authorities to pay the medical expenses of the victim.

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