Kalaburugi: Three senior students of a Karnataka nursing college were arrested on Friday night in connection with the alleged ragging of a first year Dalit girl student from Kerala.
Kalaburugi Superintendent of Police N Shashikumar said that those arrested were identified as Lakshmi, Athera and Vishnupriya.
All of them have been sent to judicial custody, he said.
The victim is now being treated at a hospital in her home state for severe damage to her internal organs after she was made to drink toilet cleaner. 2 of the suspects are still absconding.
In a letter addressed to her lawyer - the victim had said that she was being harassed for being dark and was attacked by her seniors after she said she despised them.
She is now battling for life at Kozhikode Medical College hospital, where she was admitted on June 2. Based on her statement, police in Kozhikode had registered an FIR on June 22 against five of her seniors.
It observed that ragging has been banned in educational institutions and guidelines on recommendations of the Raghavan Committee to curb ragging have been issued in this regard.
The college authorities were legally bound and responsible to ensure protection of students from the menace of ragging, the Commission stated.
A Karnataka police team probing the incident is now in Kozhikode and will visit her on Saturday to record her statement.
Kerala Women's Commission also wrote to its counterpart in Karnataka, urging it to intervene in the matter.
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