The teacher was made to go out and they started
ragging us.
Teachers can organise a team of students to tackle incidents of
ragging within the college premises.
Through colonial masters,
ragging was introduced in South Asia and reached colleges of the Indian sub-continent long before independence.
In many colleges,
ragging has been strictly banned.
The dismembered body of the 19-year-old Pon Navarasu of Rajah Muthiah Medical College in Chidambaram, allegedly ragged by a senior, John David, who began physically assaulting him when he refused to strip and lick his footwear; the burning alive of 17 year old Ajmal PM, an aeronautical engineering student in Bangalore; Akash Agarwal the 20-year-old pharmacy student in Kolkata ragged and beaten to death by his seniors; a 15-year-old student of Delhi Public School Noida who had to be hospitalized after 17 seniors beat him up with sticks and metal rods et al are but a few of the many gory tales of
ragging in bygone years.
So far, the police have not found any sign of "
ragging", though an enquiry has been set up by the college.
A preliminary-enquiry report states that the students have clearly denied any
ragging incident involving them.
IN ITS bid to stop incidents of
ragging, the Delhi University is taking steps to keep a check on
ragging including formation of joint control rooms and restricting entry of outsiders to colleges.
Ragging has been defined as follows in the dictionaries.