India, April 27 -- Deccan police have registered an FIR against five students of ILS Law College in connection with an alleged ragging incident at the college hostel, nearly a year after the complainant first approached authorities.

The FIR was filed on April 25, following intervention through the University Grants Commission (UGC) anti-ragging mechanism and continued follow-up by the complainant.

The accused, all second-year students, have been booked under Sections 3 and 4 of the Maharashtra Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1999.

The complainant, a second-year LLB student, alleged sustained mental harassment, intimidation and ragging inside the hostel.

DCP Krushikesh Rawale said, "We have taken cognisance of the facts placed before us, a...