Kelaniya University ragging: students granted bail

Eight students of the Kelaniya University who are in custody in connection with a ragging incident have been granted bail by the Gampaha High Court, Ada Derana reporter said.

The suspects were ordered to be released on two personal bails of Rs.100,000 each when a bail application filed on behalf of them was taken in to consideration this afternoon.

The students were arrested following a complaint filed by a new female student who had alleged that she was subjected to severe ragging by the suspects within the university premises.  

Initially five students were arrested yesterday by Kiribathgoda Police, acting on the complaint, while the others had surrendered to police.  It has been reported that the senior female students had prohibited first year female students from wearing long trousers to the university for a year and that certain students who had ignored this instruction were subject to ragging.