Authorities at Dr. Radhakrishnan Government Medical College and Hospital in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, have cracked down on indiscipline by penalizing nine MBBS students found guilty of harassing a junior. Following an inquiry conducted by the campus anti-ragging panel, all nine students from the 2025 batch have been suspended from attending theory, clinical, and practical classes for a duration of two weeks.
Heftier Fines for Primary Accused and Penalties for Accomplices
The punitive directives, issued on October 14, involve significant monetary penalties alongside academic suspension. College Principal Dr. Ramesh Bharti stated that the inquiry identified Pulkit Singh, Nitin Sehra, and Yash Modi as the prime orchestrators of the harassment. Owing to their primary involvement, each of these three students must pay a fine of 50,000 rupees.
Six other second-year MBBS pupils were also implicated in the episode: Samir Jasyal, Sohail Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Aniruddh Sharma, Vivek Kumar, and Suryansh Pathania. The administration suspended all six from academic sessions for two weeks and ordered each to deposit a penalty of 25,000 rupees, taking the cumulative fine across all nine individuals to 3 lakh rupees.
Seven-Day Window to Deposit Penalties with the Student Fund
The college administration has granted all penalised students a one-week deadline from the issuance of the directive to settle their financial dues. The penalized amounts must be deposited into the student fund account of the Rogi Kalyan Samiti (RKS), which operates under the medical superintendent office. Students are subsequently required to submit proof of deposit directly to the student section for verification.
Junior Disclosed Intimidation and Forced Honorifics via Email
The incident surfaced after the aggrieved junior student submitted a formal complaint via email to the member secretary of the anti-ragging committee. The institutional probe proceeded under established campus disciplinary protocols and mandatory anti-ragging guidelines. In his email, the victim detailed specific humiliating demands imposed by the senior batch. He recounted that the senior students explicitly forbade him from making eye contact during interactions, ordering him to look down at the floor whenever they crossed paths and forcing him to address them exclusively as Doctor Sahab.
