Complainant Didn’t Inform Us Anything: AEI Anti-Ragging Committee

The Anti-Ragging Committee Chairman of Assam Engineering Institute (AEI), in connection to the recent ragging case, said on Thursday that the complainant Bishal went to the police station without informing the authorities.

The chairman said, “Bishal did not inform us about the ragging incident before going to the police station. The committee will launch its own investigation in this matter.”

“Authorities do not know whether the incident took place inside the institute and the students testified in Bishal’s complaint are from Commerce College,” he added.

He further said that the authorities came to learn about the witnesses from media.

Meanwhile, the Chandmari police have released two students, who were arrested, on notice.

The two students have been identified as Devajit Boro and Mukthan Boro.

The police are investigating the matter and both the students will remain under police surveillance.

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Yesterday, the junior student of Assam Engineering Institute lodged a complaint at Chandmari Police Station against his seniors for allegedly harassing him in the name of ragging. The student has been identified as Bishal Kashyap Saloi.

According to reports, a senior student snatched a gold chain belonging to a junior student of the institute.

In addition to that, the victim junior year student was reportedly stripped and tortured. The seniors also resorted to using foul language against him and thrashed the freshman.

Reports also claimed that the seniors asked the freshman student to cough up Rs 500. When he did not comply, the seniors harassed and thrashed him badly.

The victim named the hostel monitor Devajit Bodo and two others in the police complaint. Officials informed that the complaint mentioned that the seniors also damaged the victim’s two-wheeler.

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