Bommanahalli

Kerala

Oxford College

Murugeshpalya

Karnataka

Seven seniors kidnap two students from hostel; make them dance, sing, clean their houseA group of seven senior students abducted two of their juniors, took them to their rented house in Mangammanapalya, locked them in to make them dance, sing and clean the house through the night. They released the duo with a warning of dire consequences if they told anyone. The accused were alleged to be high on ganja.police have taken up the case. All students involved, including the victims, are fromThe warden of thehostel filed the complaint against seven students on behalf of the two victims who got harassed. Gurumurthy TM, in with complaint, told police that the incident happened on August 17. At around 8.30 pm after dinner, Gurumurthy learnt that two newly joined students were missing from the hostel. A search ensued for the students, who were not found on the premises. It was assumed they had gone to spendthe night at a friend’s. The two were first year Pharmacy students who had joined the college 10 days ago.At around 3am, the two missing students, Adarsh and Vishal, came back to the hostel. As the gates were locked security opened the gate and directed the duo to meet Gurumurthy. When he enquired where they had been, the duo could not answer properly. In the morning, when they were asked again, Adarsh and Vishal revealed the horror story to the warden.The duo told Gurumurthy that their senior Ajay Tom called the duo over phone and asked them to come near the hostel gate. They found Tom and six others waiting for them at the gate. They took the victims for a walk and then to their house in. When Adarsh and Vishal refused, they threatened them forced them into their house by 8.45 pm.They locked the two in and all seven took turns ragging them. They were asked to dance and sing, subjected to nasty comments and then made to clean the house and do other chores. At around 3 am, they were warned of not telling anyone and one of the seniors dropped them to the hostel on their bike.According to the victims the seniors had been smoking ganja. Gurumurthy told police that he has brought the incident to the notice of the college management and filed a complaint on behalf of the victims. All seven were arrested. The arrested students are identified as Ajay Tom, Amal, Amal Benny, who study BE, and Mohammed Fadal, Najeef M, Mohammed Najik and Sahir, who are Pharmacy students. Most of these students have backlogs, police said. They have been sent to judicial custody in Parappana Agrahara Central Prison, said an investigating officer from Bommanahalli police station.The arrested students have been booked underEducation Act 1983, kidnap, intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace, criminal intimidation, every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object, and wrongful confinement.