K’taka: Five MBBS students arrested for ragging Kashmiri student

Vijayapura, Feb 19 (IANS) Karnataka Police have arrested five final-year MBBS students in connection with the alleged ragging of a first-year student from Kashmir, police sources said on Wednesday.

The incident has taken place in the limits of the Vijayapura Rural Police Station in North Karnataka.

The arrested individuals have been identified as Mohammad Kaisar (23), Samir Tadapatri (24), Mansoor Basha (24), Shiekh Dawood (23), and Mohammad Jamadar (23).

They have been booked under Sections 155(2), 329(4), 352, 351(2), 189(2), 191(2), and 190 of the BNS Act.

According to the police, the incident took place at Al Ameen Medical College and Hospital, located on Athani Road on the outskirts of Vijayapura city, on Tuesday, February 18. The alleged ragging reportedly followed a quarrel between seniors and juniors during a cricket match.

Later that night, the accused allegedly entered the hostel room of Hameem, a first-year student from Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir. They reportedly forced him to dance and sing for their entertainment, warning him that he still had four more years to spend at the college.

The victim subsequently posted messages on social media, tagging the Prime Minister, the Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir and Karnataka, and Karnataka’s Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar.