Seven students held in two ragging cases in Mangaluru

The Mangaluru police have arrested seven students in two separate ragging cases reported in as many weeks in the city.

The four students of final year engineering at Srinivas College in Mukka - K U Shamil (22) of Mukka, Mohammed Bazil (22) of Baikampady, Sambram Alva (20) of Kenchanakere in Mulki and Ashwith S Johnson (21) of Kalpane in Kulashekar - were arrested for ragging the juniors, Mangaluru Commissioner of Police N Shashi Kumar said on Friday.

Three suspects Shamil, Bazil and Sambhram had reportedly threatened and assaulted a lecturer of the college.

The jurisdictional police have booked a case against the four students and arrested them based on the complaint lodged by college dean Thomas Pinto on March 3.

The college has already suspended the students in question.

In another ragging case, the Kankanady police have arrested Mohammed Adil (20), Rijin Royaz (20) and Mohammed Nizammudin (20), all students of Yenepoya Degree College, on charges of ragging.

The trio trespassed into the rented room of a few juniors at Pumpwell Simon Lane and forced them to shave their beards and heads. One of the victims had filed a complaint with Kankanady police.

Shashi Kumar urged authorities of educational institutions to take strict measures against ragging. Despite repeated warnings, ragging incidents had increased in the commissionerate jurisdiction, the police commissioner said.