A fresh complaint alleging sexual humiliation, threats and other forms of ragging at Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Medical College in Churu has prompted the National Medical Commission to seek an urgent action-taken report from the institution.
The complaint was reported on Monday and has been raised with the college’s principal and dean. The NMC has emphasised the seriousness of the allegations and asked the administration to respond to the concerns raised by the complainant, according to the Times of India report.
The Churu complaint is the 13th reported case of alleged ragging involving medical colleges across Rajasthan since early October, the report said. The cases have led complainants to call for enforcement of the University Grants Commission Regulations on Curbing Ragging and the NMC’s anti-ragging guidelines.
The complaints have also sought urgent and fair investigations, counselling support and protection from retaliation. In response to the wider series of allegations, the NMC has asked the institutions concerned to provide comprehensive details of investigations conducted and action taken. It has also sought information on how complainants are being protected from retaliatory intimidation and clarification on whether the colleges’ anti-ragging committees are operational.
The available account does not establish the allegations in the Churu complaint as proven. It records the NMC’s demand for an action-taken report and the institution’s responsibility to investigate the claims through the applicable anti-ragging mechanisms.
Only two of the institutions linked to the reported cases had initiated action against students found involved, according to the report. At Barmer Government Medical College, 79 students faced disciplinary measures that included permanent or temporary expulsion from hostels and exclusion from academic activities for varying periods.
At Dr SN Medical College in Jodhpur, administrators suspended 19 students, including a junior resident, after an in-house anti-ragging panel found them guilty of objectionable behaviour towards junior students. The complaint in that case included allegations of corporal punishment, forced haircuts and threats. The complainant also said students were warned that they would be boycotted from college events if they spoke about the alleged ragging.
The reported cases place attention on how anti-ragging committees function inside medical colleges and whether students can report abuse without fear of reprisals. The NMC’s request for details on committee operations indicates that the regulatory response is examining both individual allegations and the institutional systems meant to prevent and investigate them.
United Doctors Front, a nationwide medical practitioners’ organisation, has also responded to the rising number of allegations. Its secretary, Lakshya Mittal, said the organisation had written to Rajasthan’s chief minister and director general of police seeking immediate intervention.
The next step in the Churu case is the submission of the institution’s action-taken report and related investigation details to the NMC. The commission’s response will depend on the findings and measures reported by the college, including safeguards for the complainant and the functioning of its anti-ragging mechanisms.
