The coed who died was a primary 12 months MBBS pupil on the faculty. (Representational)
Patan:
An 18-year-old MBBS pupil of a medical faculty in Gujarat’s Patan district died after allegedly after being made to face for 3 hours throughout ragging by his seniors, an official mentioned Sunday.
The school has began a probe into the incident which occurred on Saturday.
The coed who died, who apparently fell unconscious after being made to face for a very long time, was a primary 12 months MBBS pupil on the faculty.
The sufferer, Anil Methaniya, fell unconscious and died allegedly after being made to face for 3 hours throughout ragging by his seniors at a hostel of the GMERS Medical Faculty and Hospital at Dharpur in Patan on Saturday evening, the school dean, Dr Hardik Shah, mentioned.
“The coed was rushed to the hospital after he collapsed, and makes an attempt to revive him failed and he was declared useless. His classmates mentioned Methaniya died after being made to face for 3 hours and introduce himself earlier than seniors on the faculty hostel,” Shah knowledgeable.
He mentioned the anti-ragging committee of the school has initiated a probe into the matter, and punitive measures might be taken towards the senior college students if they’re discovered chargeable for ragging.
The coed’s physique was despatched for postmortem and a case of unintentional dying was registered, an official from Balisana police station mentioned.
A primary-year medical pupil on the faculty mentioned seven-eight senior college students pressured a gaggle of juniors to face for round three hours and introduce themselves one after the other.
“They pressured us to maintain standing and requested us to not get agitated. Finally, a pupil, who was additionally standing with us, fell unconscious. We rushed him to a hospital the place he died,” he mentioned on situation of anonymity.
A cousin of Methaniya instructed reporters that the household was hopeful of getting justice from the school and authorities.
“I obtained a name from my uncle that my cousin was hospitalised after falling unconscious. After I arrived right here, I learnt that he had died,” mentioned Dharmendra Methaniya.
“We’re ready for the postmortem report to seek out out the precise reason for dying. We have now came upon that some third-year college students made him stand for two-three hours as a part of ragging because of which he felt dizzy and fell down,” he mentioned.
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