FIR against 12 people in college ragging case in Jorhat

The principal of Jagannath Barooah (JB) College had filed a complaint at Jorhat Police Station on Thursday against the 12 accused based on a written submission from the aggrieved student.

The case comes close on the heels of two instances of alleged ragging in Dibrugarh.

Giving details of the J B College incident, the police officer said, “We received the complaint on Thursday evening. After going through it, we lodged an FIR today.”

The FIR has named eight present and one former students of the institute as among the accused for indulging in ragging. Another three persons have been named for allegedly pressuring the student to withdraw his initial complaint to the college authorities.