Ragging spoils one more future

NI Wire

Indore

Thu, 20 Sep 2007: 

Sep 20: What an irony that one student has not yet recovered from the trauma of ragging that we hear another student ending his life due to the erosion of self-confidence consequent of ragging by seniors.

A private college student committ suicide after he could not tolerate the alleged inhuman ragging by the seniors told the police.

Durgesh Shukla, MCA first year student in the Pioneer College left a suicide note which said that he was not happy with the ragging incident of his seniors and lost confidence before ending his life.

Shukla, a resident of Khandwa was found hanging with a ceiling fan in the rented house in Chanakya Complex near Malwa Mill. The incident sent shock waves throughout the city.

Police has registered a case against unidentified students for compelling him to take such extreme measures. A magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the suicide by the student.

As the incident reached the ears of students they got agitated. ABVP students demonstrated before the Pioneer College and also forced the other colleges private as well as government to be closed as a protest against the shocking incident. They demanded the authority of the college to take serious action against who are found guilty. ABVP also blamed the college authority that they are trying to defend the culprits and not taking action.

While on the other hand college authority has denied any incident of ragging and also claimed that the college has an anti-ragging committee. Investigation is pending but the whole incident raises the question why does law fail to deter the criminals? In spite of Supreme Court ruling and defining “ragging’ a disorderly conduct how students dare taking law in their hands?