Two days after 150 students of Saifai University of Medical Sciences in Etawah were forced to shave their heads and salute their seniors, the varsity on Friday, 23 August, barred seven students from attending classes and lodged an FIR against them over mass ragging at the institute, which has now been slapped with a notice from the Medical Council of India.
Two university workers were sacked and two suspended after the media played video clips showing several first-year MBBS students parading around the campus with their heads tonsured, PTI reported on Friday.
The Medical Council of India has reportedly asked the varsity why it should not be fined and declared ineligible for new admissions for a minimum period of one year.
The university, according to PTI, said on Friday, that an FIR has been lodged against seven students and a fine of Rs 25,000 has been imposed on them over the recent case of ragging.
They have also been reportedly barred from classes and the hostel for the next three months.
Two hostel wardens, who failed to bring the incident to the notice of the university administration, have been suspended and the services of two guards terminated, PTI quoted Medical faculty head Prof PK Jain, as saying.
A collective fine of Rs 5,000 has also been imposed on the 2018 batch of students, he added.
Jain reportedly said the Inquiry Committee set up by the hospital administration and the police was told in writing by the 160-member new batch that there had been no incident of ragging.
This report was given to vice chancellor on Thursday, he said.
In a video that went viral on social media, students can be seen walking in line with their heads bowed.
Dr Raj Kumar, the vice chancellor of the university, had denied any claims of ragging. He said that the students have denied any incidents of ragging involving them.
He further said that the report, with the signatures of the students, states that the information regarding the incident is baseless.
Reportedly, the new session of the college commenced quite recently.
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