Overview

• the incident occurred on September 18 at a government hostel in Chekkanoorani near Thirumangalam, and the video spread widely on September 23.
• The victim is a first-year teen student who was forced to undress and struck on his genitals with a slipper, with the assault recorded by a student.
• Three senior students, all minors, have been picked up for inquiry as part of an ongoing investigation, police said.
• Madurai Superintendent of Police B. K. Arvind described it as ragging rather than caste-based violence, with charges filed under the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Ragging Act, assault and criminal intimidation.
• The hostel warden has been suspended pending inquiry, and education authorities have initiated a separate probe into hostel supervision.