India, March 21 -- A second-year postgraduate student of Kolkata's Jadavpur University was allegedly abused and threatened for four hours on Tuesday inside the hostel by few engineering students for speaking up against ragging.

The student lodged a complaint with the university's anti-ragging committee on Wednesday.

"We have received a complaint from a student about an incident. An enquiry committee was promptly set up. The matter is being enquired," said Bhaskar Gupta, vice-chancellor of the university.

The student said in his complaint that he had gone to meet a friend in the main hostel on Tuesday. His friend left around 5 pm to attend an iftar party. An hour later two fourth-year students, one from mechanical engineering and the ot...