In a shocking incident of ragging, a 14-year-old student of a government industrial training institute (ITI) was stripped and mercilessly beaten up by three of his batchmates at the hostel in Chekkanoorani near Usilampatti in Madurai district. The torture was filmed by a student. While the crime took place on Thursday (September 18, 2025), a video clip of the same was shared widely on Tuesday (September 23) triggering outrage.

The Madurai district police, acting on a complaint from the victim boy’s father, have registered a case and commenced investigation. Police said the accused boys were aged 15 and 17 years.

The victim, a first year student at the ITI, hails from Varusanadu in Theni district and was staying in the students’ hostel run by the Tamil Nadu government’s Department of Kall

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