Noida ragging: Six students suspended

Noida, Oct 12: As many as six students of a technical institute in Greater Noida were suspended today for brutally ragging a first year student and virtually forcing him to tighten the noose around his neck to end his life, Sahara Samay sources said.

Prashant Agrhari, a first year student at APJ Institute of Technology and Management in Greater Noida, was first paraded naked in the college premises by his seniors during a ragging session. Later, he was asked to hang himself by them and before that he was forced to write a suicide note, they said.

The incident took place on Oct 4.

When the matter came to light with the intervention of media, college administration swung into action and set up an inquiry committee to look into the accusations levelled by Prashant, the sources added.

Several incidents of nasty ragging have come to light of late and a number of innocent students have lost their lives due to it.