Three senior students of a nursing college in Kalaburgi, Karanataka were arrested on Friday in connection with the alleged ragging of a first year Dalit girl student from Kerala. The seniors allegedly forced the victim to consume toilet cleaner at the hostel of Al Qamal College of Nursing on 9 May.
The victim is now being treated at a hospital in her home state of Kerala for severe damage to her internal organs.
Kalaburugi Superintendent of Police N Shashikumar that those arrested were identified as Lakshmi, Athera and Vishnupriya. All of them have been sent to judicial custody.
Nineteen-year-old Aswathi is now battling for life at Kozhikode Medical College hospital, where she was admitted on 2 June. Based on her statement, police in Kozhikode had registered an FIR on 22 June against five of her seniors.
National Human Rights Commission took cognizance of media reports of the incident and asked the state government and Kozhikode district authorities to file a report on it and action taken. It issued notices to the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police, Karnataka, as well as the District Collector and Superintendent of Police of Kozhikode, calling for reports on action taken in the matter within four weeks.
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