By Sandun Jayawardana, The Nation.
Police Media Spokesperson SP Ajith Rohana said a Peradeniya University student allegedly involved in the assault on several academic and non-academic staff members at the university has been identified by the complainant. Police have named him to the university authorities, he said. He added investigations were underway to identify other students who may have been involved.
The complainant, Head of the university’s Department of Geography, Professor Shantha Hennayake, accused the university’s student union and its Arts Faculty Student Union of being responsible for the assault which took place on Wednesday (21). Speaking to The Nation, Hennayake accused the President of the Art’s Faculty Student Union of being personally involved in the assault, with another gang of 20-25 students.
When contacted, Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake said they have taken steps to suspend one student identified as having been involved in the ragging incident of the Ruhuna University, adding the same punishment would be handed out to the students who were found to have been involved in the alleged attack of the Peradeniya University lecturer and others.
Meanwhile, President of the Arts Faculty Student Union, Mahesh Lanka Prabhashwara, denied his involvement in the incident.
Police Media Spokesperson SP Ajith Rohana said a Peradeniya University student allegedly involved in the assault on several academic and non-academic staff members at the university has been identified by the complainant. Police have named him to the university authorities, he said. He added investigations were underway to identify other students who may have been involved.
The complainant, Head of the university’s Department of Geography, Professor Shantha Hennayake, accused the university’s student union and its Arts Faculty Student Union of being responsible for the assault which took place on Wednesday (21). Speaking to The Nation, Hennayake accused the President of the Art’s Faculty Student Union of being personally involved in the assault, with another gang of 20-25 students.
When contacted, Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake said they have taken steps to suspend one student identified as having been involved in the ragging incident of the Ruhuna University, adding the same punishment would be handed out to the students who were found to have been involved in the alleged attack of the Peradeniya University lecturer and others.
Meanwhile, President of the Arts Faculty Student Union, Mahesh Lanka Prabhashwara, denied his involvement in the incident.
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