A fresh complaint of alleged ragging has been reported from Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Medical College in Churu, prompting the National Medical Commission (NMC) to demand an urgent action-taken report from the institution, The Times of India reported from Jaipur on Wednesday, November 4. The complaint was reported on Monday, and the NMC wrote to the college's principal and dean emphasising the serious nature of the claims.

Source: The Times of India, Jaipur

In the complaint to the NMC, first-year MBBS students alleged that senior students of the 2025 batch subjected them to forced haircuts and shaving of heads, forced removal of clothing, alleged forced sexual and sexually humiliating acts, abusive and vulgar language concerning their families, threats of boycott from college events, and intimidation against reporting the incidents. The complaint further alleged the involvement or influence of the college administration — a claim the administration has not been reported as answering. These are allegations in a complaint; they have not been established by any inquiry.

Source: Medical Dialogues

The complaint stated that at least one affected student had experienced suicidal thoughts and sought an independent investigation, action under the UGC's 2009 anti-ragging regulations and NMC norms, protection and confidentiality for the complaining students, and counselling support. In its letter dated November 2, the NMC's anti-ragging cell said it had taken a serious view of the allegations, particularly the alleged sexual humiliation, threats and the risk to students' mental health and safety.

Source: Medical Dialogues

The NMC directed the college to examine the complaint urgently and submit point-wise comments, an action-taken report and supporting documentary evidence within 24 hours of receiving the letter. It asked what immediate steps had been taken to establish the facts and prevent further incidents, whether the Anti-Ragging Committee and Anti-Ragging Squad had been informed, what action had been taken to identify the students allegedly involved, what arrangements protected the affected students' safety, identity and confidentiality against retaliation, and whether the sexual allegations had been referred to the competent authority and the college's Internal Committee.

Source: Medical Dialogues

The Churu complaint is, according to The Times of India, the 13th incident of alleged ragging reported from medical colleges across Rajasthan since early October, and only two institutions have so far initiated action against those found involved: at Barmer's government medical college, 79 students faced disciplinary action including hostel expulsion, while Dr S. N. Medical College in Jodhpur suspended 19 students, including a junior resident, after an in-house anti-ragging panel found them guilty. The NMC has also demanded details of investigations, steps to safeguard complainants from retaliation, and the working status of colleges' anti-ragging committees. The college's report to the NMC is now the next step in the Churu case.

Source: The Times of India, Jaipur