Police to work together with universities to combat ragging

President Maithripala Sirisena says he has given instructions to the Inspector General of Police to pay special attention to prevent inhuman ragging in universities carried out by a minority group of students in order to interrupt the education of the majority of students. 

He also instructed the IGP to implement an initiative jointly with the University Authorities in this regard.

The President further said that the Government has responsibility regarding the future of the university students and the President also emphasized that the Government will fulfill that duty without any hesitation.

He made these remarks participating in the 75th anniversary celebration of the Ananda Shastralaya in Matugama on Wednesday (22).

President Sirisena stated that the recent ragging related incident at the Agricultural Faculty of University of Peradeniya is a tragedy of the free education and further said that he made inquiries regarding this issue from the Senior Superintendent of Police of Kandy and expressed the deepest regret of the Government about this incident.

The President said that tarnishing the good image of universities which produce scholars and intellectuals, through these kind of incidents is a dishonour to the free education and said that a number of  black marks on ragging incidents have been added to our history of the university system during the past 40-50 years.