To an extent, your college/ school seniors welcome their juniors with teasing and ragging. But hasn’t it gone a bit far in this case?
12th std students of SMHS Higher Secondary School, Kerala had welcomed their juniors with a flex with offensive messages on it, aimed at the girls.
Displaying a printed image of Johnny Sins, a popular porn actor, one of the flex boards contains a message threatening the girls that they (senior students) are experts in raping and forced sex. The plus two students studying in this school are mostly between the age of 15 and 16.
“We will break your diaphragm if you people cross the limit,” one of the messages in Malayalam read. Another said, “If you are not loyal to us, beware, there are rape experts among us.”
A teacher was the first one to share an image of the flex The teacher urged the authorities to give protection to the junior students, and he also asked the management to take necessary action against the senior students who had installed these flex boards.
Check out his Facebook post:
But the images garnered more attention when a journalist shared them on his social page.
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The students were criticized by the activists for their actions over the viral images, stating that they are a shame to the whole student community in the nation. They even blame social media groups like ‘Fan Fight Club’ for triggering such malicious mindset among teenagers.
But some came in defence of the students saying that it was just harmless fun there is nothing offensive about the flex.
Under the Kerala Prohibition of Ragging Act 1998, students who installed these flex boards may face punishment including suspension and dismissal. Police can also file cases suo moto against these students on charges of making open rape threat.
After media outlets published this news, a group of people apparently tore down the flexes. However, it is still unclear whether the school management has taken any action against the students involved in the installation of these flex boards. Today morning, protests were conducted in front of the school in the leadership of KSU.
In the meantime, activists in Kerala have taken their social media handles to lash out against the students who indulged in such a heinous verbal diarrhoea on flex boards.
‘Kiss of Love’ leader and a popular activist Resmi R Nair urged student political parties like SFI interfere in the issue so that students will be guided in the right path.
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