A day after an 18-year-old medical pupil died after allegedly being ragged at his school hostel, police in Gujarat’s Patan district have booked 15 of his seniors for culpable murder not amounting to homicide. All of the 15 have been additionally suspended by the medical school following a report from its anti-ragging committee.
Anil Natwarbhai Methaniya, from Jesda village in Surendranagar district, was a first-year pupil at GMERS Medical Faculty at Dharpur in Patan. Within the intervening evening of Saturday and Sunday, he was allegedly made to face for 3 hours throughout ragging by seniors at his hostel, after which he died.
Inspector P J Solanki of Balisana police station mentioned the accused college students could be arrested shortly.
The FIR filed at Balisana police station at 12.30 am on Monday, on the premise of grievance by Dr Anilkumar Gokulsingh Bhatija, the Extra Dean of GMERS Dharpur Patan MCH, simply after the medical school’s anti-ragging committee accomplished its inquiry into the matter, booked 15 college students for culpable murder not amounting to homicide, amongst a spread of different sections of the BNS.
The 15 accused have been recognized within the FIR as 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 mentioned that at 8.30 pm on Saturday (November 16), first-year college students and second-year college students had gathered “for introductions” within the widespread room positioned on the second ground of Block B of the boys hostel.
At about 12.30 am on Sunday, Anil Natwar Methaniya fell unconscious and later died. The primary-year college students subsequently made a illustration to the Dean, Dr Hardik Shah, that the second-year college students engaged in ragging them by repeatedly making them stand for 3 hours straight.
The FIR said that the Dean instantly referred to as the anti-ragging committee, which included the Dean as chairman and a number of other different college as members.
The committee introduced a report, which contained statements from 26 witnesses. Not less than 11 of those witnesses, who testified in individual earlier than the committee, mentioned that between 8.30 pm and 12:30 am, the 15 accused had carried out ragging by making them “repeatedly stand, sing and dance, on a regular basis swearing at them”, sources mentioned.
Following this, Anil Natwarbhai Methaniya fell unconscious, the committee was informed. He was instantly taken to the civil hospital hooked up to the medical school.
The committee then referred to as in all 15 accused second-year college students, whose statements matched these of the first-years. All 15 have been suspended from the hostel and tutorial actions, and a police grievance was filed.
On Sunday, the Dean mentioned Methaniya was dropped at the Dharpur hospital emergency division by some college students in an unconscious state and was later declared lifeless.
A late evening sit-in demonstration by members of the ABVP on the medical school was additionally held on Sunday. ABVP members shouted slogans towards school authorities, demanding strict motion towards the accused. There was additionally a conflict with police in the course of the demonstration.
The 15 accused have been booked underneath BNS sections 105 (culpable murder not amounting to homicide), 127(2) (wrongful confinement), 189(2) (illegal meeting), 190 (all members of illegal meeting liable for crime dedicated) and 296(b) (obscene acts and songs).
