Student Beaten Up in Hostel Room Video: There have been many complaints and cases of ragging of children studying in lower classes by students studying in higher classes in colleges. To prevent this, in 2001, 24 years ago, the Supreme Court also decided to ban ragging. The accused were sentenced to 3 years "rigorous imprisonment. However, such incidents are yet to stop. A video of a similar incident from Himachal Pradesh's Bahra University is going viral on social media. A video of a junior student being beaten up and ragged all night for not drinking has gone viral.
What's in the viral video?
In a video that has gone viral on social media, some students are seen beating up a student in a room of the hostel. It is also seen in their conversation that this student is apologizing to other students. In the video, the students can be seen beating him up with sticks and rods. Netizens reacted angrily to the video. Bahra University has taken action against the concerned students and a letter regarding this is also going viral on social media.
What really happened?
The video is from the hostel of Bahra University in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh. One of the students has taken a video of the senior students thrashing the student as they were angry that the junior students were not doing as they say. The victim has been identified as Rajat, Minton said in a statement. The student was taken to a hostel room by two of his friends. All the other students were there. He was forced to drink alcohol. When he refused, he was beaten up with sticks.
In the video, the student sitting next to Rajat is seen repeatedly hitting him under the ear. Another student was also beaten up. The whole night was spent in that room. He also asked Rajat to stand as a rooster.