2 seniors booked over Engineering student ragged at JNTU

Hyderabad: A ragging incident has been reported at the Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University – Hyderabad where a first year engineering student was beaten by his 2 seniors for failing to complete the assignment given by them.

According to civil engineering first year student Raghavendra, who belongs to Wanaparthy district of Telangana, two senior students identified as Nirbhay and Saisurya Teja asked the junior to come to their hostel Manjeera and allegedly beat him, as he failed to do the assignment given by them.

After receiving a complaint lodged by the student, the college principal has appointed an inquiry committee to look into the issue, while a case has been registered by the police against the two second year students.

The victim was taken away from Kinnera hostel to Manjeera hostel by his seniors, where he was beaten by his seniors on November 28, police said.

A case has been registered against Sai Surya Teja and Nirbhay under section 4 (clause 1) of the Telangana Prohibition of Ragging Act (1987) and notices have been served to them.