Dibrugarh, May 5: The Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH) management today threatened legal action against students who are demanding a rollback of the disciplinary action against four post-graduate students who allegedly indulged in ragging and drunken brawls.

A large number of students of the premier institution, led by the post-graduates, have been wearing black badges in protest against the disciplinary action.

Addressing the media here today, college superintendent Nripen Gogoi said the management would be forced to move court if the students continue to press for withdrawal of the punishment against the four students who were found guilty of ragging and breaking hostel rules.

?It has been observed that a tendency has grown amid some section of the students to hold the poor patients hostage at the drop of a hat. We are not going to tolerate this anymore. If the handful of students who have brought a bad name to our prestigious institution think they will be achieving something by staging protests, they are wrong,? D.K. Patgiri, principal in-charge of the college, said.

The college authorities had taken disciplinary action against four post-graduate students ? Krishna Deka, Pranjal Bora, Prasanta Saikia and Arnab Borgohain ? on charges of ragging and taking part in a drunken brawl.

Sources said the under-graduate students of the college had given in writing to the college authorities that they are not supporting the agitation.

?They have also told us that they had been threatened by some of their seniors, who said they will face dire consequences if they do not extend support to the agitation,? the college superintendent said.

Police have intensified vigil on the college campus.