WGH Police to investigate NEHU ragging case of Naga student

Kohima: A case of ragging at North Eastern Hill University’s (NEHU) Tura campus in Meghalaya is being investigated by the police after the victim, a first-year Naga student of Agri-Business Management Department, filed a complaint in Nagaland.
On October 8, a group of 5-6 seniors from Arbella Hostel allegedly forced a student to strip completely for their own amusement.

They also allegedly recorded the incident on their mobile phone and threatened the student with dire consequences if he complained to anyone.
The incident left the student in tears and he left the hostel to return to his home in Nagaland.
The Naga Students’ Union lodged a complaint with the NEHU authorities, who initiated an internal investigation.

However, they were unable to identify the culprits due to the absence of the victim from the premises of the institute.
The university has been accused of trying to cover up the matter, but campus in-charge Sujata Gurudev has said they are leaving the investigation to the police as they have been unable to identify the culprits in the incident.
A fact-finding team from NEHU Shillong campus also visited Tura campus to investigate the incident, but their findings are yet to come out.

West Garo Hills Superintendent of Police Abraham T Sangma has said that the police will now investigate the matter after registering an FIR in Nagaland.
“I have been sent an email copy of the FIR and we are going to investigate the matter and ensure that the incident is thoroughly investigated. We will try to get to the bottom of it,” SP said.