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The Hindu
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Ramesh Susarla

18 JNTUA students suspended for ragging freshers, police begins probe

The JNTUA College of Engineering Anantapur Principal P. Sujatha speaking to the First Year Students on the Lepakshi hostel premises on Sunday. (Source: The Hindu)

The College Academic Council of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University on Saturday night suspended 18 second-year students both from academics and hostel for allegedly resorting to ragging on the Anantapur Engineering College hostel premises (Gurukula hostel).

While there were no incidents of ragging reported for a long time since the advent of COVID-19, this comes as a shock to many students and parents.

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