Three students of a government college in Himachal Pradesh’s Dharamshala have been booked for ragging and voluntarily causing hurt while a professor has been booked for sexual harassment of a 19-year-old woman who died on December 26, police said on Friday (January 2, 2026).
The student died during treatment at a Ludhiana hospital on December 26 and the case was registered on Thursday (January 1) following a complaint by the father of the victim.
In his complaint, the deceased student’s father alleged that his daughter was beaten by three seniors, Harshita, Aakriti and Komolika, on September 18, 2025, while a college professor, Ashok Kumar, indulged in obscene acts with her.
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Due to the beating and harassment, the student was hospitalised and died during treatment, the complaint said. The father of the deceased woman alleged that following these incidents, his daughter went into severe mental stress and fear, leading to a rapid deterioration in her health.
