Update:Police tear gas at protesting students

1 June 2013 08:36 am Views - 3779

Police used tear gas to disperse the protesting Sabaragamuwa university undergraduates who were blocking the Colombo – Badulla Road and arrested five students a short while ago, the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) said.

IUSF Convener Sanjeewa Bandara alleged the undergraduates were being attacked and harassed by the Police and Army personnel deployed to disperse the protestors at the Thambahinna junction.(LP)