Six Goa students evicted from hostel for ragging

PANAJI - Six medical students were evicted from the Goa Medical College hostel, located near Panaji, for ragging, a top official said Thursday.

GMC Medical Superintendent Rajan Kuncolienkar told reporters that the institute’s anti-ragging committee had decided to evict six student from the hostel for ragging in the medical college’s residential facility.

“The management has also lodged a formal complaint with the local police station. We are acting as per law,” Kuncolienkar said.

The action, he said was taken after junior students complained that they were ragged by the senior medical students in the hostel over a period of time.

The GMC is among Asia’s oldest medical colleges.