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- It is revealed later in the book that Hagrid was expelled from Hogwarts fifty years earlier for opening the Chamber of Secrets, because Riddle found him taking care of a giant monster (which turns out to be the spider Aragog, and not the basilisk).
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Dec 22, 2014 · In Chamber of Secrets, Harry sees that Hagrid was accused of opening the Chamber through the memory stored in Voldemort’s diary. Hagrid is expelled from school, but Dumbledore allows him to stay on the grounds as Gamekeeper.
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Hagrid had been blamed (wrongly) for opening the chamber 50 years previously. This led to his expulsion from Hogwarts and the snapping of his wand. When the Chamber was reopened, Hagrid knew he would be blamed again and was expecting the Ministry.
Apr 7, 2017 · For 50 years Hagrid took the rap for the opening of the Chamber of Secrets. Everybody took Tom Riddle's word for it that Hagrid was the Heir of Slytherin. Yet everybody seemed to skim over one vital fact - Hagrid wasn't in Slytherin .
TLDR; It seems a bit incredulous that the Ministry was convinced that Hagrid was responsible for opening the Chamber of Secrets on the word of Voldemort.
Feb 26, 2022 · Rubeus Hagrid was expelled from Hogwarts in his third year because Tom Riddle (Young Lord Voldemort) framed him for opening up the Chamber of Secrets. It was actually Tom Riddle himself who had opened the Chamber of Secrets and unleashed Slytherin’s beast, the Basilisk.
The opening of the chamber culminated in the death of student Myrtle Warren, for which third-year Rubeus Hagrid was framed, and expelled from school.
In fact, it was his loyalty to Aragog that got him expelled in the first place: Hagrid was caught trying to get Aragog out of the castle after a Muggle-born girl had been killed by the Chamber of Secrets monster.
