New Delhi, Friday 13 March 2009: In another shocking incident of a student being ragged in college, a girl student of an agriculture engineering college in Andhra’s Baptla town has attempted suicide. The 20-year-old student of the Government Agriculture Engineering College attempted suicide after allegedly being ragged and physically abused by her seniors.

Reports say that, the alleged victim was forced to strip and dance as part of ragging. Embarrassed by the entire episode, she consumed a hairdye solution and collapsed. Some reports also state that it may have been pesticides that she consumed.

Her father confirms that she had been complaining of ragging since the day she joined the college. But she had pleaded with him not to complain to the authorities, as she feared that it would affect her academics.

“When she went back, they told her that the first semester was different and that ragging would be at a new level from now on. They called her to the terrace and harassed her. All parents know about this, but are concerned about their child’s future and keep quiet. But I don’t want this to happen to any other student,” said the father of the girl.

The girl was then rushed to the hospital, where the doctors initially thought she would not survive. She later regained consciousness and narrated the episode to media persons and her family.

Dr Y VS Prabhakar, the physician who treated the girl at the Amravati trauma center said, “They had brought the girl to me. She had apparently been made to drink a hair dye solution. Her face and neck were swollen and we thought we would lose her. It was close. Fortunately, she came back.”

This incident comes soon after another alleged ragging incident in a Kangra, Himachal Pradesh which led to the death of a 17-year-old student of medical college.