Shalini Chouhan, a woman cop with the Madhya Pradesh Police, played a very important role in the recent crackdown on ragging at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College in Indore. Over three months, she identified 11 senior students allegedly involved in the brutal ragging of first-year students. The seniors have been suspended from the college and the hostel for three months.
Source- Tribune India
The University Grants Commission (UGC) helpline had received a complaint from a college student, and on July 24, the institute’s administration filed a criminal case against unidentified students. The ragging incident was fully described in the complaint on the UGC helpline, but the names of the accused and the complaining student were not mentioned.
A woman police official was sent to the college, where she posed as a medical student and was able to connect all the dots in the case successfully to nail the accused. Another woman personnel was roped in to pose as a nurse and two constables were sent as canteen workers to the college to solve the case, it was revealed.
Source- MSN
The lady cop spent five to six hours at the canteen every day. She used to keep a watch on the seniors, who were tagged on the inputs of in-charge Tehzib Qazi and SI Satyajeet Chouhan, the officers leading the case. As per the probe, the accused senior students had allegedly ragged their juniors by making them perform some obscene acts.
The policewoman told NDTV that this was an “entirely new experience” for her. “I would go to college everyday disguised as a student. I spoke to students at the canteen. I would talk about myself, and gradually they started opening up and confiding in me,” she said.
According to Criminal Procedure Code provisions, notices have been given to the accused, and they have been urged to assist with the investigations and show up in court when the charge sheet is submitted, the official said.
