Sabaragamuwa Uni student brought to Colombo on President’s instructions

Samanmali Priyashanthi

The Sabaragamuwa University undergraduate who suffered shock and developed speech difficulties after being subjected to ragging by senior students, was brought to Colombo for treatment on the instructions of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Ruwan Prasanna Nammunige is a fourth year student of the university and his parents sought Higher Education Minister S B Dissanayake’s help when the Minister met the parents of 4th year students of the university.

The Minister had promised that he would make every possible effort to cure him and provide all facilities to enable him to continue his studies.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa on being informed about the student has directed Higher Education Minister S B Dissanayake to bring the student to Colombo and ensure that he receives treatment.

The Minister also met the Mother of Second year student who was responsible for ragging. Ruwan’s Mother narrated her son’s agonizing story.

She on behalf of her son apologized to the Minister and the victim’s mother.

Minister Dissanayake has made arrangement to provide all facilities to the students and he also made a donation to Ruwan’s parents.

Ruwan has two sisters and his mother is an employee of a quarry. His father is paralysed. The students who were responsible for ragging had taken Ruwan home and threatened him not to tell anybody of his (Ruwan’s) ordeal.

However, he was initially admitted to the Balangoda Hospital in critical condition and was later transferred to the Ratnapura General Hospital where he received treatment under Police protection.

Ruwan has not fully recovered though he returned home from Hospital.