Activists claim UGC cell sitting on ragging plaints | India News – Times of India
Medical colleges figure disproportionately in the list of complaints to UGC's anti-ragging cell, but anti-ragging activists complain that the complaints don't always lead to action. They cite the complaint filed by first year students of JLN Medical College in Raipur about being forced to tonsure their heads and being slapped and physically harassed in the hostel as an example. No action has been taken on the complaint so far.Within weeks of 2024 academic year starting on Oct 14, the anti-ragging cell has received over 55 complaints from medical colleges across India, which is almost 42% of total complaints received from all colleges. In 2024, of the 800 complaints received by the cell so far, 222 were from medical colleges and 230 from engineering and polytechnic colleges. This is despite...