15 medical students booked after junior dies after ragging in Gujarat

Inspector P J Solanki of Balisana constabulary presumption said the accused students would beryllium arrested shortly.

The FIR filed astatine Balisana constabulary presumption astatine 12.30 americium connected Monday, connected the ground of ailment by Dr Anilkumar Gokulsingh Bhatija, the Additional Dean of GMERS Dharpur Patan MCH, conscionable aft the aesculapian college’s anti-ragging committee completed its enquiry into the matter, booked 15 students for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, among a scope of different sections of the BNS.

The 15 accused were identified successful the FIR arsenic Avdhesh Ashok Patel, Hiren Mansukh Prajapati, Tushar Pira Gohelkar, Prakash Madha Desai, Jaimin Savji Chaudhary, Praveen Varjang Chaudhary, Vivek Gaman Rabari, Rutvik Purshottam Limbadiya, Mehul Pratap Dedhatar, Surjal Ruda Baldaniya, Haresh Gambhir Chavda, Vaibhavkumar Vikaskumar Raval, Parag Bharat Kalsariya, Utpal Sailesh Vasava, and Vishal Lagdhir Chaudhary.

The FIR said that astatine 8.30 p.m. connected Saturday (November 16), first-year students and second-year students had gathered “for introductions” successful the communal country located connected the 2nd level of Block B of the boys hostel.

At astir 12.30 americium connected Sunday, Anil Natwar Methaniya fell unconscious and aboriginal died. The first-year students subsequently made a practice to the Dean, Dr Hardik Shah, that the second-year students engaged successful ragging them by continuously making them basal for 3 hours straight.

The FIR stated that the Dean instantly called the anti-ragging committee, which included the Dean arsenic president and respective different module arsenic members.

The committee presented a report, which contained statements from 26 witnesses. At slightest 11 of these witnesses, who testified successful idiosyncratic earlier the committee, said that betwixt 8.30 p.m. and 12:30 am, the 15 accused had carried retired ragging by making them “continuously stand, sing and dance, each the clip swearing astatine them”, sources said.

Following this, Anil Natwarbhai Methaniya fell unconscious, the committee was told. He was instantly taken to the civilian infirmary attached to the aesculapian college.

The committee past called successful each 15 accused second-year students, whose statements matched those of the first-years. All 15 were suspended from the hostel and world activities, and a constabulary ailment was filed.

On Sunday, the Dean said Methaniya was brought to the Dharpur infirmary exigency section by immoderate students successful an unconscious authorities and was aboriginal declared dead.

A precocious nighttime sit-in objection by members of the ABVP astatine the aesculapian assemblage was besides held connected Sunday. ABVP members shouted slogans against assemblage authorities, demanding strict enactment against the accused. There was besides a clash with constabulary during the demonstration.

The 15 accused were booked nether BNS sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 127(2) (wrongful confinement), 189(2) (unlawful assembly), 190 (all members of unlawful assembly liable for transgression committed) and 296(b) (obscene acts and songs).