NCC cadets caned: Students protest outside college; Ajit Pawar assures state assembly of action

A day after a viral video showed National Cadet Corps NCC cadets being mercilessly thrashed by a senior at a college in Maharashtras Thane city student unions protested outside the institute while in the state assembly Deputy CM Ajit Pawar said the issue will be probed and necessary action takenThe NCC also came out with a statement saying what is seen in the viral video is neither a reflection of NCC ethos nor a part of any organised training or activityOpposition leader in the assembly Vijay Wadettiwar on Friday raised the issue in the House Speaker Rahul Narvekar directed the government to take actionDeputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar assured the House that strict action will be taken against the culprits Former CM Prithviraj Chavan also sought action against the person responsible under the antiragging lawThe video being circulated on social media showing a cadet of NCC beating juniors neither has any reflection of NCC ethos nor was it part of any organised NCC training or activity We have no tolerance for such actions and strict action is being taken against the perpetrators NCC tweetedSudent groups affiliated with the Shiv Sena UBT and the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde who is also from Thane demonstrated outside the Joshi Bedekar College where the incident took placeThe college management said it has suspended the student who can be seen beating NCC cadets during a physical training session on a rainy day A fellow student is believed to have filmed the thrashingNitin Landge of the Shinde groups student wing said the NCC cadets who were at the receiving end and their parents are under extreme pressure from the college management to not complain against the seniorThe college must take the incident seriously and lodge a police complaint he saidMembers of the student wing of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS submitted a memorandum to the college management demanding strict action on the senior studentPolicemen were deployed at the spot to prevent the protesters from barging into the collegeThe viral video which sparked public outrage showed eight cadets in a puddle amid rain with their heads pinned in the muddy soil instead of using their hands for support The senior NCC cadet is seen standing behind them holding a stick and whacking each of them one by one for failing to execute his challenging drillThe cadets are seen in a pushup position in a waterlogged area with their feet and heads touching the ground and hands folded above the back When a cadet changes posture the senior student is seen thrashing him with a stick and going on to thrash others tooThe NCC instructor for this unit was transferred recently Senior cadets taking over in the absence of teachers led to this incident a university senate member saidThe Joshi Bedekar College in Thane operates the NCC unit along with two other sister concerns Bandodkar College and VPM Polytechnic The student who belonged to Bandodkar College has been suspendedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever