Students 'ragged' by seniors in Srinagar's SP College(Students were thrashed, paraded and humiliated by seniors CNS 12 JUNE 2014 - 01:31PM GMTAUTHINT MAIL)

SRINAGAR —  Students in Sri Pratap College, Srinagar Thursday alleged seniors of ragging them inside the college hostel.

Junior students from far-flung areas were thrashed, paraded and later humiliated by some senior students. 

"We were ragged because there is no warden in the hostel. How come college authorities allow students to rag us,” a student said.

College officials said that there is an officiating warden in the college who leaves at 4 pm every day.

Professor Muhammad Yaseen, principal of the college said that it was not ragging but some senior students wanted to have introduction session with juniors. “The matter has been resolved and I think they are friends now,” he said.

"The government is in process of creating a Warden post for the college and hopefully the college will have a Warden in near future, Prof Yaseen said.

“The acting warden is performing duty in letter and spirit,” he said.

Supreme Court of India has banned ragging in educational institutions and has described it a disorderly conduct, whether by words spoken or written, or by an act which has the effect of teasing, treating or handling with rudeness any student, indulging in rowdy or indisciplined activities which cause or are likely to cause annoyance, hardship or psychological harm or to raise fear or apprehension thereof in a fresher or a junior student and which has the effect of causing or generating a sense of shame or embarrassment so as to adversely affect the psyche of a fresher or a junior student.