DU think you can get away with ragging?

Senior students planning to have fun by ragging fresh entrants in the Delhi University colleges will have to cheat spy cams this year!

University authorities have asked all the 79 DU colleges to take all necessary steps, including installation of spy cameras on their campuses, to avoid any "unsolicited" attempt of seniors on the fresh entrants. "There is a standing guideline for every colleges as to what steps should be taken to check any ragging incident. Besides, we have also asked them to install hidden cameras, to check such incidents," Dean of Students Welfare Prof Satinder Vij said.

He said every college has a discipline committee to sensitise students not to rag their juniors, as it is a "criminal offence". This apart, many colleges have already installed hidden cameras at strategic places in their campuses to detect offenders. "Any unsolicited attempt, verbal or physical, by the senior students should be discouraged. Very often, ragging takes place under the cover of interaction. We are  also discouraging that," he said.

There has been a significant fall in the number of ragging cases in colleges under Delhi University during the last three years, he said. Not a single ragging case was reported last year, he said. "Despite this, if any student is found ragging then  punishment will be given depending on the case," he warned.