If you are first year student in a college, not ragged by your seniors this year, chances are they are waiting to target you next year. This is an alarming trend that has come to the notice of authorities.Some students in Coimbatore medical college with multiple fractures are victims of ragging in their second year. Their seniors assaulted them using hockey sticks.A worrying trend is emerging in professional colleges - spare the freshers and target them the second year.Recently more than 20 senior students from various colleges across Tamil Nadu were put behind bars for this. Police say there's a misconception that anti-ragging laws are limited to harassment of freshers."This should be a pointer to all students indulging in this. Anti-ragging law will be applied to all students, irrespective of the year of study of victims," said K Radhakrishnan, ADGP, Law and Order.Colleges are stepping up monitoring and want victims to report such violations. Even judges are now raising awareness on the tough punishments for ragging."They are mainly explaining about the Supreme Court's guidelines and the implications, to try and end ragging," said V Kumaran, dean, Coimbatore Medical College.Victims are scared to speak on camera. While torturing of freshers in the name of ragging still keep coming in, this is a yet another challenge for authorities.
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