• Assam Ragging Horror: 18 NIT students in Silchar booked for assaulting juniors

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    Assam Ragging Horror: 18 NIT students in Silchar booked for assaulting juniors
    Siddhant Paitya has been recognised as the student.

    Digital Desk: At least eighteen National Institute of Technology (NIT) students have been charged under various sections of the Indian Criminal Code (IPC) for reportedly physically beating two juniors inside the campus in Silchar, Assam.

    On Friday, a fourth-semester engineering student was taken to Silchar Medical College and Hospitals (SMCH) in severe condition.

    Siddhant Paitya has been recognised as the student.

    Following the event, Paitya filed a first information report (FIR) against 18 seniors at Ghungoor Police Outpost on Saturday with the assistance of his family members.

    In the FIR, Paitya has named Sparsh Munakhia, Yogesh Kakodiys, Biswajit Deb Nath, Yash Tripartite, Abhijeet Kalita, Dhritiman Das, Sourav Deka, Shohan Paul, Pratyush Rai, Prafful Chatham, Anas Ahmed, Prateek vij, Dixit Agarwal, Mehul Dewangam, Raj Parishad, Satyabrata Both, Suprateek Gogoi, Biki Das as a prime accused. He added that some more senior citizens were also involved.

    According to the victim, some seniors bullied him because of his mother tongue and location. On Tuesday night, however, seniors deliberately destroyed his automobile in order to bully him.

    "They wrecked my car that day." "I've been subjected to racist remarks since the day I arrived here," he added.

    "When I asked them about it, they started striking me and continued the violence for about an hour," he stated.

    He further stated that three glass bottles had been shattered on his head and back. As his friend tried to help him, he was beaten as well.

    Meanwhile, the victim's mother stated that he has significant cuts and injuries on his body and that he underwent a CT scan as well as other testing.

    "It was a horrific situation, and officials should investigate it thoroughly before something worse happens," she said.