Anti-ragging activities to maintain a ragging-free environment on campus
In order to shoot footage of a gay sex scene, the crew pretended that they were making a public service film on ragging.
1975: Rupa Rathnaseeli, a 22 year old female student of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka became paralyzed as a result of jumping from the second floor of the hostel "Ramanathan Hall" to escape the physical ragging carried out by older students.
IUSF has been accused of the murder of Samantha Vithanage, a third year Management student of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, who pioneered an anti-ragging campaign in the university.
Several Indian states have made legislatures banning ragging, and the Supreme Court of India has taken a strong stand to curb ragging.
In 1974, ragging of some trainee mathematics teachers at the then Vidyalankara University (now University of Kelaniya) prompted Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike's Government to appoint V. W. Kularatne Commission to probe the incident.
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A a first year female student of University of Ruhuna committed suicide in 1997 as a result of ragging.
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In 2011, a female student attached to the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ruhuna, was semi-paralysed in one limb as a result of ragging she underwent at the faculty canteen.
To ensure the effective implementation of the verdict given by Supreme Court of India,the school has set up anti-ragging committees at four levels.
University of Ruhuna is used to be noted for high level of ragging in recent years with several major incidents grabbing national headlines.