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New Delhi: A committee to check ragging in educational institutes – this SC order comes after several instances of ragging have been reported from various parts of the country.

With spinal injuries, multiple fractures and a paralyzed leg it will be months before 19-year-old Shib Shankar can walk again.

Shib Shankar, the first year student of Bhubaneswar University, was pushed by his seniors from the hostel roof last month as part of a ragging session.

Days before that another first year student from Bhubaneswar died after he was supposedly poisoned by his seniors – in the name of ragging.

Two months before that a first year student of Shantiniketan in West Bengal was forced to have sex with several people. Her parents now fear that she may have lost her sanity.

Victim's local guardian Amita Hazra says, "I was out of station when this happened. When I reached the hospital I found her unconscious. During her brief spells of consciousness, she was in deliriums."

To stop such incidents the Supreme Court has now advised the Centre to constitute a committee to curb ragging. College authorities say policing should also be from within.

JNU Professor of Sociology Surinder S Jodhka says, “Abuse and violation is not acceptable and we will not allow this in educational institutions.”

Ragging is often synonymous with campus life and some students say, “Ragging should be there its an experience of life. You must have fun and enjoy the ragging.”

But ask some one like Jeetendra Meena, a student of AIIMS, if he agrees with that.

For the young Dalit boy from Rajasthan life became a nightmare when he was abused almost every day by upper caste seniors.

With caste, prejudice and abuse a reality today in educational institutes – the court's intervention may not just allow students like Jeetendra to live in hostels but it can also save a few lives.