Police have registered an FIR against 15 students of a medical college in Gujarat's Patan district following the death of an 18-year-old student who was allegedly ragged by them, officials said on Monday. The accused, all second-year MBBS students, allegedly made some juniors, including the victim, stand in a hostel room for more than three hours on Saturday night and subjected them to mental and physical torture, as per the FIR. They were booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and other offences. The accused have been suspended from their hostel and college until further orders, said officials from the GMERS Medical College and Hospital in Patan. The victim, Anil Methaniya, a first-year MBBS student, fell unconscious and died allegedly after being made to stand for three hours while being ragged by his seniors in college hostel on Saturday night.
