Rajkot: Days after seven resident doctors from the orthopaedics department of Bhavnagar Government Medical College were booked in a ragging case, the institution has received another complaint, this time involving its gynaecology department.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) informed the college that it had received an online complaint from a woman student alleging harassment by five or six senior students. According to the complaint, the seniors allegedly demanded money for food and punished junior students by making them write the same sentence 100 times.

Following the complaint, the college initiated an inquiry through its anti-ragging mechanism. College Dean Dr. Chinmay Shah said the UGC did not disclose the identity of the complainant.

“We received the communication from the UGC and immediately convened a meeting of the internal anti-ragging squad on Monday. All 10 first-year students from the department were interviewed, but none reported facing any form of harassment,” Shah told reporters.

He said the students were questioned both collectively and individually, yet no allegations of ragging surfaced. Shah added that the complainant may not have felt comfortable sharing details during the inquiry despite submitting the complaint on the UGC portal.

The dean said senior students had been warned against any form of ragging and reminded of the recent action taken against students from the orthopaedics department. He also said the college was working to dismantle the traditional senior-junior hierarchy to reduce the chances of such incidents.

The college initially submitted a preliminary report to the UGC, which then instructed it to convene a meeting of the anti-ragging committee comprising representatives from outside the institution, including parents and students.

The committee met on Tuesday, but no student came forward with allegations against senior students. The college has also directed all heads of departments and faculty members to remain vigilant and respond promptly to any complaints related to ragging.

Six Orthopaedics Students Served Notices

Meanwhile, six of the seven resident doctors booked for allegedly subjecting 13 first-year orthopaedics students to severe physical and mental harassment were detained by police on Tuesday. Nilambaug Police Inspector Deepak Unadkat said the students were produced before the mamlatdar and later released after being served notices directing them to cooperate with the investigation and appear before the police whenever required. One accused student is yet to be traced. DeshGujarat