Jaipur: Govt-run Banswara Medical College has barred 10 senior MBBS students from coming to the institution for seven days after their names surfaced in an anonymous ragging complaint received by National Medical Commission (NMC).College principal Yogesh Kacha said the action was taken as a preventive measure after NMC forwarded the complaint to the institution. “The names of 10 senior students appeared in the complaint. As a preventive measure, they have been asked not to attend college for seven days. They will not be able to take part in any college activities, including academic activities, for seven days,” Kacha told TOI.He said the college received the NMC letter Wednesday and issued the restraint order Thursday against the 10 students named in the complaint. A committee will investigate their alleged role, record their statements and submit its findings. “If they are found guilty in the investigation, the college will take strict action against them,” Kacha said.In a Nov 11 communication to the dean and principal, NMC described the allegations as “extremely serious” and said they suggested a pattern of misconduct involving senior students. The commission directed the college to submit point-wise factual comments and a comprehensive action-taken report.According to the complaint, after the ‘White Coat Ceremony’ on Oct 30, first-year students were allegedly taken to private premises associated with a senior student, where they were subjected to verbal abuse, humiliation, coercive questioning and intimidation.The complaint also alleged threats of physical assault, forcible head-shaving, social boycott and being declared “batch out” — a term allegedly used to isolate students from festivals, sports and other campus activities.Seniors allegedly imposed dress codes, beard and hairstyle requirements, language rules and mandatory late-night responses to calls and messages. The complaint referred to an alleged 1 am ragging incident involving a first-year student named in the complaint, who allegedly missed college the next day.The latest complaint marks the 14th incident of ragging reported from medical colleges across Rajasthan since early Oct. Only two institutions — in Barmer and Jodhpur — had initiated action against those found involved in ragging. Banswara Medical College is now the third institution to take such preliminary action.
