A second year student of the College of Agriculture of OUAT at Chiplima in Sambalpur district has levelled allegation of being subjected to ragging by his four seniors.
According to police sources, the victim Soumya Ranjan Das, who hails from Pattamundai in Kendrapada district, was ragged by four senior students in hostel.
Soumya Ranjan had drawn the attention of the college dean regarding the incident, but the latter allegedly took the complaint lightly.
On Wednesday night, the four senior students allegedly thrashed Soumya Ranjan in the hostel for taking up the matter to the dean. They also threatened him to tonsure his head and beat him again. Soumya has lodged a complaint in this regard with the Burla police. The police have started investigation into the incident.