Eight girls accused of ragging arrested in Bhopal

BHOPAL: Eight college girls accused of ragging their juniors at a management institute were arrested in Bhopal on Monday.

The girls, all students of Institute of Hotel Management (IHM), arrived at the Kamla Nagar police station with their parents and surrendered. They were arrested and later released on bail, police station in-charge R S Goraiyya said.

After the case of ragging was reported, the girls were suspended from the college and a fine of Rs 2,000 was imposed on each of them. Five of the accused were also suspended from the college hostel.

The complainants alleged in their report that they were humiliated by their seniors who asked them indecent questions.

They also alleged that the seniors forced them to stand for nearly two hours late in the night on October 3, following which two of them fell unconscious and had to be admitted to a private hospital.

Institute Director Rajamohan said strict action has been taken against the accused girls and they and their parents have tendered an unconditional apology for the ragging incident. A report was also submitted to the chairman of the Institute in this regard for further action.

Police had booked the girls for physical abuse and manhandling their juniors in the name of ragging.

The accused were identified as - Kawalpreet Kaur, Jaisline Maria Pinto, Neha Khanna, Dipti Mirke and Hina Ishaq Mohiddin (all hailing from Mumbai), Upasana Goel (Delhi), Rohini Oberoi (Bareilly) and Shubhi Walia (Hyderabad), he said.