"Ragging"...another name for primitive sadism?

A wave of bewilderment ran down my spine when I heard the news about the death of a 19yr old student from Mumbai as a result of ragging in the campus today.Even after ragging has been listed as a criminal offense under the IPC ,there seems to be no visible effect on those who commit it.After all the question that such issues pose is that where is the so called "modern" society heading towards?What sort of value system is being inculcated in the young generation today?

Aman ,the student who was reported to be dead as a result of brutal physical assault on the pretext of ragging by seniors of his campus was a medical student.The students who commited the act where also medical students.If this is the kind of inhumane attitude that these students carry forward in their life,the will not hesitate to turn the very noble medical profession into that of a butcher's.If this is the kind of morality that the present educational and social set up is giving the youngsters, how can we blame the conduct of acts like organ trade,substance abuse etc by the youngsters?This is what they learn right from their formative years and they will surely carry it forward in their lives.
We claim of being a developed society in terms of mordernisation and freedom of thoughts.But is allowing these kinds of acts also a part of the so called modern,liberal way of thinking?I think we are getting the concept of modernisation wrong.Modernisation does not refer to women wearing minimal clothes or promoting violence and pub culture.It should rather be an intellectual transformation and self-refinement.
Ragging on any pretext should not be allowed to take violent manifestations.This is not what is expected of a modern society,this looks more like an act commited by a very primitive,sadistic society.