Chennai: Even after strict laws on anti-ragging have been introduced to prevent students from such acts, it still continues in several educational institutions.
Following Supreme Court order, a National Anti-Ragging Helpline “helpline@antiragging.in” was launched by the Indian Government.
Students being ragged send emails at helpline@antiragging.in to register their complaint,which can be registered without disclosing the name of the victim.
If the students wants, he or she may even complain without disclosing his or her name,by making an anonymous email id, or by calling the helpline number 1800-180-5522.
Effective action is taken by the helpline for the complaints registered to it.
According to the data collected from this website the helpline has registered the maximum number of complaints from Uttar Pradesh at 461, while West Bengal, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh come next with 299, 245 and 217 complaints respectively.
Thus Tamil Nadu has the fifth-highest number of calls made to the helpline.
In all, 118 complaints have been registered from students in the state since 2009, according to the UGC website.
