Ragging Incidents in Sri Lanka
- In 1975, University of Peradeniya was the first University in Sri Lanka to report a ragging related death when a 22 year old student of the Faculty of Agriculture, Rupa Rathnaseelibecame paralyzed as a result of having jumped from the second floor of the hostel Ramanathan Hall to escape the physical ragging being carried out by the seniors. It was reported that she was about to have a candle inserted in her vagina just before she had jumped out of the hostel building. She committed suicide in 1997
- In 1993, Chaminda Punchihewa, a student of University of Ruhuna, died as a result of ragging.
- Prasanga Niroshana, a student from Hakmana, died as a result of unbearable ragging he underwent at Schools of Agriculture, Angunakolapallassa.
- In 1997, 21 year old S. Varapragash, an Engineering student of University of Peradeniya, died from a kidney failure following severe ragging by senior students
- A girl, also a first year student - in the University of Ruhuna committed suicide in 1997 as she was unable to bear ragging by her senior students
- Kelum Thushara Wijetunge, a first year student at the Hardy Technical institute in Ampara, died in 1997, from a kidney failure after he was forced to do some tough exercises and drink excessive quantities of liquor as a part of ragging
- In 2002, Samantha Vithanage, a third year Management student at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, pioneered an anti-ragging campaign was killed at a meeting while in a discussion about ragging.
