Three postgraduate students from the orthopaedics department of B J Medical College, affiliated with Sassoon General Hospital, Pune, have been suspended and evicted from the hostel over allegations of ragging a junior resident doctor. The action was taken following a formal complaint made by a first-year resident and his mother against his seniors.

According to the complaint, the junior doctor had been facing harassment from the senior residents for several days. He alleged that the seniors forced him to pour cold or hot water over his head repeatedly. Initially, the student reported the matter to the Head of the Department, Dr Girish Bartakke, and later to the Dean of Sassoon Hospital, Dr Eknath Pawar. However, when no action was taken, the student's family approached the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) in Mumbai.