Ragging horror: Nursing student forced to drink toilet cleaner

The practice of ragging in educational institutions is a punishable offence in India. However, it continues in many parts of the country.

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A 19-year-old nursing student was allegedly forced to drink a toilet cleaning liquid by her seniors in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.  

She has also alleged that her college was complicit in the extreme act as, she claimed, the earlier incidents of ragging had gone unpunished.

The victim student is from the neighbouring state of Kerala, and was admitted to a hospital in her home state with serious burns to her internal organs.

"It's been more than 40 days since I attended the college but no one from there has called me even once," the victim told NDTV.

The Kerala state police has asked their counterparts in Karnataka (where the incident took place) to register a case against the senior students responsible for the act, on charges that include 'attempt to murder'. The victim's mother, says the college authorities refused to take any action against the offenders.

The victim had joined a nursing college five months ago.

The senior students of the college who forced to drink the toilet cleaner are also from Kerala.

She was first hospitalized in Karnataka's Gulbarga district, where she was enrolled in college. When her condition worsened, she was moved to Kerala.

Doctors attending to her say her food pipe has been severely damaged and she will need major surgery.