A day after a disturbing video of 10 student National Cadet Corps (NCC) members being brutally beaten by stick-wielding seniors on a Thane college campus went viral, Mumbai University set up a three-member inquiry committee comprising college principals to probe the matter. The panel will visit the education institute in question, speak to all those involved and submit a report to the university at the earliest.

Screenshots of the viral video showing a senior cadet whacking 10 junior NCC students on their back, while three other seniors look on

In the viral video, the NCC students can be seen in a push-up-like position with their hands behind their back and their head in a muddy puddle, amid rainfall on the shared campus of Thane’s K G Joshi College of Arts, N G Bedekar College of Commerce and B N Bandodkar College of Science. In the clip, a person can be seen hitting them on their backs for not being able to carry out what looks like a drill or a punishment. Apart from the 10 cadets, four others  are seen in the video, including the one holding the stick and whacking them. All four have been identified as senior NCC cadets.