Hyderabad: The students of Government Medical College Suryapet were suspended for ragging a first year student, a native of Hyderabad. Director of Medical Education Ramesh Reddy on Tuesday issued orders suspending the second year MBBS students for one year. The students of 2019-2020 batch have been directed to vacate the hostel building.

Five of these students were booked and arrested by police on Monday under Anti-Ragging Act. The ragging incident occurred on the night of January 1. The police rescued the junior student Sai Kumar after receiving a call that some senior students were ragging him in Boys hostel of the college, located about a km from the campus.

The complainant alleged that a group of students came to his room, ordered him to take off his clothes and took video shots of him in their mobile phones. They also tried to cut his hair. The victim said he was physically and mentally tortured for two hours. He later managed to escape from them and called up his father after hiding in another room.

College principal C V Sarada said a committee has been constituted to conduct an inquiry. She said based on the committee’s report, further action would be taken.