Undergrad assaulted for anti-ragging stance

18 January 2017 03:52 pm

A 21-year-old undergraduate, who is a son of a High Court Judge, had been allegedly assaulted by a group of second-year university students for voicing against ragging.

The student, who is an Arts Faculty undergraduate of the Peradeniya University, had been assaulted by eight students near the Post Graduate Institute.

He was admitted to the Peradeniya Hospital. The Police said they were yet to arrest the suspects. (J.A.L. Jayasinghe)