India, Jan. 24 -- Three students were arrested and at least 20 others booked in a case of sustained ragging at a private college on Bengaluru's outskirts, said police on Friday.

The three students in custody were identified as Bilal, Mohammed Noushad and Afsal. They were subsequently remanded to judicial custody, added police.

Notices have been issued to 19 other students and another person not enrolled in the college who was named in the first information report, they said.

According to senior police officers aware of the matter, the matter came to light after a senior administrator at the Aakash Group of Institutions in Devanahalli lodged a complaint on January 16 over an alleged incident that occurred over the prior two days.

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