AMARAVATI: Taking serious note of alleged ragging and assault on two students by a group of seniors and their friends at a government hostel in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu district, the officials on Monday dismissed the hostel warden and expelled two students involved in the incident.
Palnadu District Collector P. Arun Babu on Monday issued orders, dismissing warden M. Deepika. He has also ordered action against hostel watchman Sanjeshwara Rao.
The Collector also issued orders to expel two students of the intermediate second year of a junior college who, with the help of their friends, allegedly ragged, assaulted and administered electric shocks to two first-year students after calling them to the hostel.
One of the victims is reported to be physically challenged. The incident occurred at the hostel at Dachepalle in Palnadu district on August 7.
The shocking incident came to light after the video of the torture of one of the victims went viral on social media, triggering outrage.
The second-year students filmed the ragging and threatened to kill the victim.
The accused kicked the victim repeatedly and continued the assault even as he pleaded for mercy. The seniors also administered electric shock using a live wire.
The victim informed the hostel warden, who alerted the police. After the video surfaced on social media on Saturday, police launched an investigation.
Police registered a criminal case against the accused. Five of them have been arrested while the search was on for two other suspects.