9 KGMU medical students suspended for ragging juniors through video calls

LUCKNOW: Nine second-year medical students at King George's Medical University (KGMU) were on Thursday suspended on charges of ragging first-year students. Eight of the suspended students are MBBS students of batch 2023, while one is a BDS (dental) student.
According to KGMU officials, the first-year students complained that the seniors had been circumventing hostel security by making video calls for ragging. The accused seniors would allegedly ask the juniors to dance and sing for them on these video calls.
After receiving the complaint, the university's Proctorial Board scanned the mobile phones of the accused students. The search confirmed that video calls had been made to the juniors from the phones of all nine students. All the calls were made late at night at different times.
KGMU spokesperson Prof Sudhir Singh said, "The eight MBBS and one BDS students of the 2023 batch have been confirmed to be involved in the ragging. All these students have been suspended for three months. They have also been removed from the hostel. During this time, the suspended students will not be able to attend classes or enter the campus."
The incident occurred last week. Following the induction program, first-year MBBS students were heading to their hostel in a queue when they were approached by second-year students on a motorcycle. The second-year students began misbehaving with the juniors, abusing and threatening them. Security personnel intervened and apprehended two of the students, seizing the motorcycle keys.
Chief Proctor Prof. Kshitij Srivastava initiated an investigation into the matter. The junior students subsequently complained of being subjected to ragging through video calls. They alleged that the senior students would make video calls at night from different phone numbers, forcing them to dance, sing, and threatening them if they reported the incidents.