Severe ragging in Lucknow made student hospitalized

An MCA first year student at a private college in Lucknow was mercilessly ragged and tortured by his seniors at his hostel over a long period of time and ultimately ended in a mental hospital.

Lucknow, September 17: Brutally beaten and humiliated by his seniors during ragging, a management student has landed in the Psychiatry ward of a hospital, police said on Monday.

Sanjay Singh, a student of Sahara Arts and Management Academy, was allegedly ragged by students from Lucknow University and some other nearby institutions who lived in the same hostel, they said.
Following the incident the student has lost his mental balance, police sources said.
However, the hostel authorities have claimed that Sanjay who lived in a private hostel in Madiaon in the district had been suffering from mental disorder.
He was suffering from Acute Psychosis and was undergoing treatment in the Psychiatry ward of the medical college, they added.

Singh was allegedly beaten and humiliated while on his way to his college in a bus on September 15 last, following which he ran away from the hostel, they said.
An FIR was lodged by the victim's local guardian in which three inmates of the hostel were named, sources said, adding that investigation in the matter was on.


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