Jolted into action after the suicide of a medical student who committed suicide after allegedly facing caste-based discrimination at the hands of her seniors, the state government is looking at strengthening the law which proscribes ragging.
Replying to a calling attention motion on Tuesday, medical education minister Girish Mahajan said they were examining if the anti-ragging laws needed to be amended and made more stringent. The state has passed the Maharashtra Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1999, to prevent ragging and harassment of students in educational institutions, making this offence punishable with imprisonment of up to two years and/or penalty up to Rs 10,000.