SIES student made to eat chillies, do sit-ups

Five students, three boys and two girls, of SIES College at Nerul allegedly ragged a student in the college campus on November 24.

A third year science student alleged that he was made to do sit-ups and eat chillies because he brushed past the group.

“I was made to eat chillies, do sit-ups and say sorry because I had pushed the group in my hurry to go to the classroom to collect the results of the aptitude test for L&T placement,” said the student.
The group of five students was participating in the placement meeting conducted by L&T.

“They used the incident as a pretext to rag me. I was scared to speak about the matter but with the support of my parents I decided to tell the management about it,” he added.

On Monday, the student reported the matter to the college principal and the management Raju Shinde, NCP corporator, Vijay Mane, Shiv Sena member of Belapur chief constituency, and Shrikant Bhoir, member of the NMMC, and the students’ parents sought stringent action against the offenders.

“We are shocked by the allegation and will initiate action to punish the offenders. A written complaint has been taken from the student and a special committee has been formed to look into the matter at the earliest,” said Rita Basu, principal in-charge.

“There will be no leniency shown to the students once they are identified. I have asked the office to provide me with the list of students who participated in the placement meetings,” added Basu.

The security officials and the student coordinator too gave their statements.

Police officials from Nerul police station were present at the meeting and gave suggestion on how to curb ragging.