[The Hindu] NIHH clarifies

HYDERABAD: The Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for Hearing Handicapped (NIHH) has said that the ragging incident involving a physically handicapped first year B.Sc. (ASLP) student has evolved as a “disciplinary matter in the hostel rather than part of ragging.”

In response to a news item published in these columns on Monday, the institute’s Assistant Director S.G.R. Prakash, has said the “incident” was not ragging but a “dispute over a loss of book” between two students. However, the senior student was suspended for 10 days as part of disciplinary action for having “misbehaved” with her junior as concluded by a fact-finding committee.

Mr. Prakash said all precautionary measures were taken to avoid occurrence of such “untoward incidents”.

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