Overview
- First-year BDS students at Government Dental College, housed in the Osmania Medical College hostel, say they faced months of forced errands, punishments such as sit-ups and wall‑chairs, and threats from senior students.
- An altercation on June 8 escalated when an intern intervened and was reportedly beaten, suffering an injury that affected vision in his left eye.
- After juniors filed a written complaint on June 11, the college’s anti-ragging committee met parents and formally sought action.
- On June 17 authorities suspended 12 final-year BDS students for six months and Sultan Bazar police registered a case charging them with trespass, physical assault and criminal intimidation.
- Investigators are reviewing CCTV and interviewing witnesses while doctors’ groups and psychiatrists call for anonymous reporting, external ombudsmen, dedicated mental‑health staff and changes to shared‑hostel systems to curb recurring ragging.