Eight students of MES Kalladi College, Mannarkkad, near here, were on Friday charged with attempt to murder invoking Section 307 of Indian Penal Code in an alleged ragging-related attack.
Mohammed Mohsin, a 19-year-old student of the same college, who reportedly lost his left eyesight in the attack on Wednesday, is undergoing intensive treatment at a private eye hospital in Coimbatore. The victim had undergone a surgery.
As per preliminary investigations, the eight senior students were responsible for the attack. They were part of a gang named ‘‘Mooppans’’ (seniors), the police said. Mohsin is from Ambalappara near Ottappalam.