Several students of the Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) at Burla were allegedly subjected to ragging by their seniors, videos of which have surfaced.
A senior university staff said, “This year, students adopted an innovating idea of ragging the second year students which was beyond our imagination. We always keep alert for the first year students and we did also. We took every precaution in the hostel of the first year students. But with change in the game plan, such unfortunate incident took place.”
In the videos, the senior students are seen slapping their juniors and making them do pole dance with the latter posing as poles. The ragging horror didn’t stop there as the victims were also made to dance in their undergarments.
The incidents took place at a hostel welcome ceremony and inside the hostel. While the videos have gone viral on social media platforms, Skill Development & Technical Education Minister Premananda Nayak took cognizance of the matter on Thursday and ordered a probe into it.
The Minister told reporters that requisite action would be taken based on the findings of the investigation.
VSSUT Vice-Chancellor Dr Atal Choudhury said, “Not a single student involved in the nasty game will be spared. No indiscipline will be tolerated.”
The university authorities made a series of meetings with the staffs to chalk out action plans for the future. However, no formal complaint was lodged by the victim students till the last reports received.