[http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/06/stories/2009080658880100.htm] KANCHEEPURAM: The Kanchi Taluk Police on Wednesday arrested 19 students of the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya at Enathur near here on charges of ragging. They have been remanded to judicial custody.
According to Inspector of Police A. Panchatcharam, a second-year B.E. student, Harsh Gupta, had lodged a complaint stating that his seniors in the university — Abhikanth, Ritheshkumar, Deepak Kumar, Amithraj and Kumar Mohith Pratap — came to his room on a rented premises near the Old Railway Station on Monday night in an inebriated condition and ragged him. When he brought the incident to the notice of university authorities on Tuesday, he was asked to submit a complaint. Mr. Panchatcharam said on coming to know that Harsh had approached the authorities, Abhikanth and 18 others went in search of him on Tuesday night to his the room, but did not find him. Later, on coming to know that he was staying with his friend, Rithesh Anand, a third-year B.E. student, in a rented house near the university, the group went there and picked a quarrel with Harsh, Ritesh and his friends. The group, armed with hockey sticks and cricket bats, inflicted injuries on Ritesh, Harsh and seven others. Ritesh, who sustained grievous injuries, was rushed to hospital at Porur. Others were treated at private hospitals in Kancheepuram. -- Posted By Ragging News to Ragging News From Indian Colleges at 8/06/2009 10:44:00 PM
