The Government Medical College in Barmer, Rajasthan, has taken disciplinary action against 80 students after complaints of ragging by first-year MBBS students, IANS reported on Monday. Senior students allegedly sent obscene messages and content to juniors on WhatsApp and subjected them to verbal abuse and mental harassment. Acting on the complaints, the college administration took the action following an investigation and the recommendations of its Anti-Ragging Committee, the report said. Medical Dialogues, citing a PTI report, said the 80 students include 15 women students and that the action was taken on Saturday.
Source: IANS via The Freedom Press
Thirteen students have been permanently expelled from the college hostel, according to both reports. Under the disciplinary orders reported by Medical Dialogues, six students were expelled from the hostel and barred from all academic activities, including lectures, practicals, clinical postings and examinations, for 60 days, while seven others were expelled from the hostel and barred from academic, cultural and sports activities for 30 days. Another 11 students were removed from the hostel for 30 days and suspended from academic activities for 15 days. Fifty students were warned and barred from academic activities for seven days, and five more were warned, with their parents directed to appear before the college administration within three days. All students facing action have been barred from sports and cultural activities for one year, IANS reported, and the college has warned that any repeat involvement could lead to expulsion.
Source: Medical Dialogues
The complaints alleged that senior students demanded introductions from a batch of 130 junior students on social media, circulated obscene and degrading content, including a PDF titled “THE OG MLC FOR 2026 BATCH” that juniors were allegedly made to recite, and made coercive demands linked to medical IDs and MLC-related matters, Medical Dialogues reported. There were also allegations that juniors were taken to a room known as the ‘White House’, where their hair was allegedly forcibly cut. These are allegations recorded in the complaint; the college inquiry did not confirm all of them.
Source: Medical Dialogues
Principal Anoop Singh Gurjar said the administration seized the mobile phones of the students concerned and examined their WhatsApp chats, videos and other digital material. “The investigation revealed chats in which senior students were demanding introductions from juniors. Objectionable content and abusive language were also found on social media and in WhatsApp conversations. However, no incident of physical assault on junior students came to light,” he said, according to Medical Dialogues. Gurjar denied that juniors were taken to the ‘White House’ and had their hair cut there this year, saying the room, painted white, is located around two to three kilometres from the campus and had no connection with the current incident.
Source: Medical Dialogues
The National Medical Commission (NMC) had taken up the complaint and, in a letter dated October 29, 2026, its Anti-Ragging Cell directed the college Dean and Principal to submit point-wise comments along with a comprehensive action-taken report within 24 hours, Medical Dialogues reported, adding that the college submitted its investigation report on October 29. Principal Gurjar told IANS that 250 cameras have been installed across the college campus to monitor activities, and that action was taken as soon as the college received the information about seniors demanding introductions from juniors on social media.
Source: IANS via The Freedom Press
Ragging is banned in educational institutions under Supreme Court directions and the anti-ragging regulations of the University Grants Commission and the National Medical Commission. The Barmer action is among the largest single disciplinary actions reported at a Rajasthan medical college in this case, and the college has said any further involvement in ragging or similar misconduct could lead to immediate expulsion. The five warned students whose parents have been called face expulsion proceedings if their parents do not appear within three days, according to the reported orders.