Where have the ragging defenders disappeared?

Aman Kachroo is not the first teen to die of ragging. But there is one curious first: this time the death has not led to any ‘public debate’. This time the defenders of ragging are silent. Who knows, maybe some of them have changed their views and are now lighting candles at Jantar Mantar. There [...]

Sign the petition: Amend IPC to make ragging an offence

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Andhra girl attempts suicide after being ragged

This comes less than a week after Aman Kachroo’s death. 12 Mar 2009, PTI / The Times of India GUNTUR: A student of agriculture engineering attempted to commit suicide after her hostel mates allegedly made her dance nude as part of ragging today, police said. The 20-year-old student of the Government Agriculture Engineering College in [...]

And then Suresh Sankhyan wanted to do the post-mortem

Before he died of brain haemorrhage (and not cardiac arrest as the papers incorrectly claimed), Aman Satya Kachroo wrote a note about who beat him up. In the note he named the four accused who are all now in jail. The note reads like a dying declaration and is signed by 12 witnesses. It seems [...]

Why Aman Kachroo’s won’t be the last ragging death, and what his family should do

Update 2: And then Suresh Sankhyan wanted to do the post-mortem * Update: Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam, who is I think the amicus curae in the ongoing case, says he will ask the Supreme Court to take note of the case and charge the Principal and Vice-Chancellor with “contempt, inaction, negligence and failure.” But [...]