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Chennai:Two final-year students of the Tamil Nadu National Law University (TNNLU), Tiruchy, are likely to be debarred for a semester for ragging a Dalit classmate whom they allegedly made him drink urine-laced soft drink...
The incident reportedly happened on 6 January and involved two final-year BA LLB (Hons) students and their Dalit classmate at a birthday party in the university hostel..
On 22 January, the universitys nine-member anti-ragging committee, comprising two students, two parents, two professors, two administrative staff and the chairman, decided to debar the students for the ongoing semester and final exams scheduled in June after an enquiry committee confirmed the incident of ragging...
Balakrishnan added that if the Council consisting of high court judges and lawyers agrees to the decision taken by the anti-ragging committee, the students will get to finish their semester and appear in their final exams only next year...
Based on the preliminary report of the panel, the TNNLU on 18 January filed a complaint with the Ramji Nagar Police Station in the district against the students under the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1997...
