Kerala: 5 students arrested for ragging juniors at govt nursing college, victims allege brutal abuse
Kottayam (PTI): Five third-year nursing students have been arrested for allegedly ragging first year students at the Government Nursing College, police said here on Wednesday.
Police registered a case after three first-year students lodged a complaint alleging that the ragging had been going on for nearly three months at the institute.
According to the complaint, the ragging began last November.
The students alleged that they were forced to stand naked and were subjected to brutal acts using dumbbells meant for weightlifting.
Further allegations include injuries inflicted using compasses and similar objects followed by the application of lotion on the wounds.
Additionally, they were forced to have cream applied to their faces, heads, and mouths.
The complaint also states that senior students regularly extorted money from juniors on Sundays to buy alcohol and frequently assaulted them.
Unable to bear the harassment any longer, three students finally lodged the complaint with the Kottayam Gandhinagar police.
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Woman Police Commissioner goes undercover to assess women's safety in Hyderabad
Hyderabad (PTI): Soon after taking over as Malkajgiri Police Commissioner B Sumathi went undercover and took up a field visit after midnight on May 1 to assess law and order, including women's safety.
Sumathi assumed charge as the Malkajgiri Police Commissioner on May 1.
On the same night, the senior IPS officer, in plainclothes, moved through the streets of Dilsukhnagar here, standing alone for some time to get a first-hand knowledge of law and order situation, official sources said on Wednesday.
"It was a general checking and she later interacted with police officials," they said.
The sources said about 30-40 individuals who approached her were counselled regarding their behaviour towards women in public places.
Sumathi, who earlier headed the Special Intelligence Branch (SIB), of the Telangana Police, oversaw the long drawn process of the Maoists joining the mainstream.
