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The UP Prohibition of Ragging successful Educational Institutions Act, 2010 was besides invoked by the police, it is learnt. (File Photo)
An FIR has been registered against 8 final-year engineering students of a government-aided assemblage successful Kanpur for allegedly ragging and assaulting 3 of their juniors connected the terrace of a hostel, constabulary said.
The complainants, each third-year students, had gone to the seniors’ hostel aft being invited to a day celebration, the constabulary said.
Nawabganj constabulary presumption SHO Deenanath Mishra said an probe is going connected successful the substance and nary arrests person been made yet. The complainants did not prolong superior injuries and their information is stable, helium said, adding that the assemblage is besides conducting an enquiry connected its ain into the incident.
According to the police, 1 of the complainants said erstwhile they went to the hostel terrace wherever the enactment was taking place, the 8 abruptly appeared and demanded that they (third-year students) region their clothes. When the 3 refused, the accused began verbally abusing and assaulting them with sticks and an robust rod, it was alleged. The assailants besides tried to strangle 1 of the complainants, but the concern was deescalated aft the involution of different seniors, they claimed.
The lawsuit was filed nether applicable sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The UP Prohibition of Ragging successful Educational Institutions Act, 2010 was besides invoked by the police, it is learnt.
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