JTA reports that members of the now-defunct Boston University branch of Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi are under investigation following apparent hazings. The disturbing article reads:
“Police responding to a noise complaint early Monday morning discovered the Boston University students in the basement of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house.
The men were found bound together by duct tape around their wrists, clothed only in their underwear and covered in flour, honey, hot sauce and other food products, according to a police report. They also had welts on their body.
‘All five were shivering and had horrified and fearful looks on their faces,’ the police report said.”
JTA also reports that the fraternity has closed its Boston chapter. Suspension and expulsion for the guilty seems in order. ABC News reports that some of the suspects were actually found in the house:
“Some of the suspects were questioned at the home where the men were found bound, after they hid in upstairs bedrooms and closets when police broke up the party.
Eleven members of the fraternity, which is unsanctioned by the university, live in the home where the men were found.
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A spokesman for Boston University told ABC News affiliate WCVB that Alpha Epsilon Pi is not a sanctioned fraternity and the university does not approve of the alleged behavior.
‘Boston University finds these allegations troubling and takes them very seriously,’ said spokesman Colin Riley.”
