MBBS student hangs himself in hostel room; parents blame ragging

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October 24, 2017

Shivamogga, Oct 24: A first year MBBS student of the Shivamogga Institute of Medical Sciences (SIMS) has committed suicide in his hostel room after he was allegedly ragged by his seniors.

The deceased is Raghu SG (20), who hails from Beguru village in Shikaripur taluk. He had returned to the hostel from his native after a Deepavali break on Sunday evening. He was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his room by his roommates at 6 pm.

Raghu’s father Gurumurthy, an attender at Hosur Government Ayurveda hospital, in a complaint lodged at Doddapete police station, said that his son was depressed because of ragging by his seniors and committed suicide.

When Raghu came home for Deepavali festival, he was talking about doing the homework of his seniors and also mentioned about the torture by them, the father said in his complaint.

According to a roommate, Raghu had returned to the hostel around 4 pm on Sunday. When the roommate who had gone out on some errand and returned to the room found the room bolted from inside, he grew suspicious and told other students. They broke open the door and found Raghu hanging.

It is said the students immediately rushed Raghu to the McGann hospital without informing anyone. Raghu is said to have breathed his last before reaching the hospital.

After the postmortem, his parents took the body to the village. But locals and relatives who decided to take the body back to SIMS to demand action against the warden and college management were dissuaded by police.

Raghu’s maternal uncle Manjunath said the students of the hostel brought the body to Mc-Gann Hospital before the police visited the spot. He said this has created suspicion on the role of the hostel warden and college management.

“This incident might have happened due to ragging. They should have informed the parents and police before taking the body to the hospital. But they did not do that. Hence, we want to take back the body to Shivamogga and protest,” he said.

 Additional Superintendent of Police Mutturaj said that his parents have lodged a complaint saying it’s a suspicious death. They have not directly blamed it on ragging. But they have suspected the role of hostel warden and the police are interrogating him, he said.

 College denies charges

 SIMS Director Dr Sushil Kumar said that they were unaware of the reason for the death. In the last ten years, no complaints of ragging were reported in the college, he said.

 “We have interrogated the students and his roommates. As per the interaction with the students, prima facie, there was no ragging. The Anti-Ragging Committee members of the college held a meeting and took the opinions of all his friends. A report has been sent to the Ministry of Human Resources Development. Now a police case has been registered,” he said.

 According to his roommate Manoj, there was no harassment in the college. He was a bright student and was good in his academics. Manoj said he has no idea as to why Raghu committed suicide.

 Becoming a doctor was his dream

Raghu had set his mind to becoming a doctor. To reach his goal, after failing to get a government medical seat in his first attempt, he attempted CET for the second time in 2017 and got a seat in his home district.

But just a one-and-half month after getting admitted to the Shivamogga Institute of Medical Sciences (SIMS) for MBBS course, he took his life allegedly because of ragging.

 He was the elder son to Gurumurthy. Raghu had failed to get a medical seat in 2016. But after taking coaching in Bengaluru, he got 724 all India rank in medical in NEET and got a government seat in the SIMS.

Comments

Hari
 - 
Tuesday, 24 Oct 2017

Nobody can stop ragging untill and uless changes students' mindset

Danish
 - 
Tuesday, 24 Oct 2017

Laws are strong enough against ragging but still some students enjoying in harrasing others. 

Khader
 - 
Tuesday, 24 Oct 2017

We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return

Iqbal
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Tuesday, 24 Oct 2017

Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un

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Under the banner of the Association of Healthcare Providers of India (AHPI), doctors from top private hospitals in the city spoke about the dues pending from the union government schemes. They said they could not give a deadline as to when they would stop offering the scheme.

In a press release issued here on Thursday association said, which had previously told the government that they would not treat patients under the scheme owing to dues, mellowed down after the government released Rs 250 crore out of the Rs 1,000 crore dues.

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May 1,2020

May 1: India on Thursday called as "propaganda" certain social media posts from the Arab world alleging harassment of Muslims in several parts of the country in the name of containing the spread of coronavirus.

Strongly rebutting the charges, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the Gulf countries are deeply committed to friendly relations with India and they are even seeking bilateral talks on the post-COVID-19 economic recovery.

Talking about India's close and traditional ties with the Arab countries, he said New Delhi is ensuring uninterrupted supply of food and essential commodities to the region during Ramzan as part of its deep-rooted friendship.

Srivastava said the countries in the region do not support any interference in India's internal affairs.

"Much of what you see is propaganda by interested parties. Stray tweets can not be used to characterise our bilateral ties with these countries. The real picture of these relations is very much different," he said during an online media briefing.

There has been a wave of angry reactions on Twitter by leading citizens and rights activists from various Arab countries following allegations that Muslims are being blamed for spreading COVID-19 in several parts of India.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, a powerful bloc of 57 countries, recently accused India of "Islamophobia". India rejected the charges as regrettable.

"We have been making special efforts to ensure uninterrupted supply of food and essential commodities which are required during the Ramzan period in these countries, and this is something which has been greatly appreciated. These countries also want a priority discussion with India on the post-COVID-19 economic recovery," Srivastava said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar have been in regular touch with their counterparts from the region in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

"In these discussions, there have been requests for sending medicines and medical teams to these countries. We already deployed a Rapid Response Team in Kuwait. There is also a request to send doctors and nurses from India," said Srivastava.

"What comes out clearly is that these countries are deeply committed to friendly relations with India. They also do not support any interference in internal matters of India. It is, therefore, important that the friendly and cooperative nature of our relations is accurately recognised and the misuse of social media is not given credence," he added.

Asked about reports of an order issued by Oman's Finance Ministry asking all state-owned companies to replace foreign workers with qualified local Omanis, Srivastava said it is not aimed at Indians working in the Gulf nation.

"The policy is a decades-old one and not specific to India. It does not target the Indians in any way," he said.

There have been apprehensions that the order will render thousands of Indians working in state-run firms in Oman jobless.

"They greatly value relationship with India. Government of Oman is taking special care of Indians which included free testing for coronavirus, its treatment, providing food," the MEA spokesperson said.

Oman government is also extending certain categories of visas of Indians.

Srivastava said India has been in touch with its friends and partners across the world as part of the collaborative approach to dealing with the pandemic.

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The state induced Task Force Committee has revised the rate of RT-PCR testing to cost Rs 2,000 per test and Rapid Antigen testing for private samples to cost Rs 700 per sample.

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