Sri Lanka, May 17 -- We have heard and seen numerous instances where university students have lost their lives due to ragging.

Many who enter university with a thousand hopes have had their education and even their life's journey made unbearable by the heartless actions of some senior students.

Galle Chief Magistrate Isuru Neththikumara posed a poignant question to five students from the Ruhuna University's Hapugala Faculty of Engineering who were accused in a hazing incident: "If you were parents one day, how would you feel if your children were subjected to such inhumane treatment?" The students faced several charges, including exerting undue influence on the faculty's disciplinary officer.

the disciplinary officer had visited the fa...