The Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) of Sri Lanka has arrested four students of Jaffna University yesterday on suspicions of terrorist activities.
The four students, Secretary of the Jaffna University Students' Union, P. Darshanth, S.Soloman, Ganeshamoorthy Sudarshan and Kanakasuntharaswamy Janaka Jeyan have been arrested by the TID Sri Lanka.
Old News:
Jaffna University students have refrained from attending lecturers today following the clash between the students and the Police yesterday.
The four students, Secretary of the Jaffna University Students' Union, P. Darshanth, S.Soloman, Ganeshamoorthy Sudarshan and Kanakasuntharaswamy Janaka Jeyan have been arrested by the TID Sri Lanka.
Old News:
Jaffna University students have refrained from attending lecturers today following the clash between the students and the Police yesterday.
Around 20 students of Jaffna University, Sri
Lanka were injured today as they clashed with Sri Lankan troops and police.
Students of the Jaffna University staged
peaceful protest in the university premises today. Students were protesting on
condemning the brutal attacks carried out by the Lankan army and police
personals entered to the male and female hostels last evening.
More
than 200 university students were protested in front of the University and the
protestors wanted that the international community or United nation to
intervene to stop the military harassment in the Jaffna area.
When the peaceful
protest was held in the Parameswara junction, about 200m from the university
Sri Lankan troops opened fire then rushed the crowd, beating students with
their rifle butts.
Five students have
arrested by the police and later released according to the reports.
Sri
Lankan Police spokesman Prishantha Jayakodi said the police used minimum force
to prevent the students from staging an illegal march while carrying placards.
Meanwhile it is reported that the Jaffna Students Union has decided to boycott the classes from today.
Tamil National People’s Front thoroughly condemns this
brutal activity and issued a statement saying that they will organize a protest
campaign on December 4 at 11.00 am -12.00 pm in the Jaffna bus stop.
Tense situation has
aroused at the Jaffna University after students launched
a peaceful protest over yesterday clash between students and police.
Reporters
for the Tamil newspapers were also assaulted, Jaffna sources said.
A strong military and police presence
was seen around the university premises during the incident, the Uthayan
newspaper said.
The Uthayan reports
that the Sri Lankan military has raided the “Balasingham hostel and
Ananthakumaraswamy hostel” at Jaffna university yesterday, after students lit a
lamp of sacrifice to commemorate Maaveerar Naal. According to the newspaper,
the military had been roaming the university throughout the day since
students celebrated the birthday of V. Prabhakaran on Monday.
Sources said that police and army stormed the
university dormitories yesterday searching for LTTE propaganda material after
students tried to mark the LTTE "heroes week".
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