The management of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) here has constituted a committee to probe the alleged ragging incident, following which nine senior students of the college were suspended on Friday.
A second year mechanical engineering student had lodged a complaint with the Tadepalligudem Town police alleging that some seniors had beat him up severely in a hostel room.
NIT Director C.S.P. Rao said the committee comprising Registrar P. Dinesh Shankar Reddy, Dean (Student Affairs) Veeresh Kumar, chief warden Krishna Murthy and two others will conduct a detailed inquiry into the incident.