24 January 2017 05:18 pm
The arrested students were produced in the Chambers of Kandy Chief Magistrate C. Attanayake.
The 21-year-old victim, who is a son of a High Court Judge, had been allegedly assaulted by the second-year university students for voicing against ragging.
The student, who is an Arts Faculty undergraduate of the Peradeniya University, was assaulted by the eight students near the Post Graduate Institute on Wednesday. (L.B.Senaratne)