warangal the national institute of technology nit here was rocked by a fresh ragging controversy on thursday after videos surfaced showing students stripping kicking and spanking their juniors while the videos taken in march this year created a storm across the country the nit authorities insisted that the footage was not related to ragging they said it was part of a fun game which the students indulged in during a job mela held on the campus during februarymarch nit director t srinivasa rao said they had banned all such games and that no indecent activity would be tolerated on the campus he asserted that it was not a ragging incident and related to birthday celebrations the two video clippings aired by the tv channel relate to the birthday party held in februarymarch this year we have already taken action against the students and brought the matter to the notice of their parents he told toi he said the finalyear engineering students who were involved in the act were warned about their misconduct and their job placements were held back however the footage has sent shockwaves across the state with the videos showing the students forcing their juniors to strip kicking and pushing them around and forcing them to blow condoms and touching their private parts one video leaked to a tv news channel showed a student stripped to his undergarment and in tears and forced to dance even as other students mock at him and clicking photos of him with their cell phones in another video a boy was firmly held to the ground by four students while others rained blows on his backside while the nit found itself in a tight spot district legal cell services authority secretary d saralakumari met director srinivasa rao and professors she said an inquiry would be conducted into the episode a committee of inquiry comprising nit officials has been constituted to ascertain whether the video footage shown on the tv channel is old or new she said however no police complaint has been lodged urban sp s shyamsundar said that no case has been filed yet following the airing of the clippings police personnel visited the campus and conducted an inquiry he told toi there was no ragging we dont understand as to why the channels were telecasting some old visuals professor puli ravikumar said nit students took out a rally condemning the rumours on the campus and shouted slogans against the authorities they stormed into the administrative block of the nit and tried to manhandle srinivasa rao there was a scuffle between the students and professors as some of them received minor injuries the students lambasted the failure of the nit authorities for not curbing ragging on the campus twenty activists of various students organisations were taken into custody this is the fourth time that the nit was embroiled in a major controversy in august last year students from nepal had complained about being forced to dance naked by their seniors while