New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- According to the police, five third-year students were taken into custody at the Government Nursing College in Kottayam for allegedly harassing first-year students.

A case was registered following a complaint from three first-year students who claimed that the ragging had happened at the nursing institute, part of the Government Medical College, for about three months.

The complaint claims that last November was when the ragging started.

Chilling details have emerged from the Kerala ragging incident. As per a report in PTI, students allege they were forced to strip naked and subjected to brutal physical abuse, including having dumbbells tied to their private parts. Compasses and similar objects were reportedly use...