(UDHAYAM, COLOMBO) – UPDATE: Eight university students, including a Buddhist monk who were arrested for alleged unruly behaviour during Wednesday’s (17) Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) protest march were remanded till tomorrow by the Colombo Fort Magistrate, the Police said.
(UDHAYAM, COLOMBO) – Eight university students, including a Buddhist monk arrested for unlawful conduct during Wednesday’s (17) protest organised by the Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF).
Seven university students and a student monk who were alleged to have behaved in an unruly manner violating the Interim Order during the protest organised by the IUSF were taken into custody on Wednesday, Police said.
According to the Police, five Police officers who were injured in the incident were admitted to the Narahenpita Police Hospital. Suspects are to be produced in Courts on Thursday (18).
Twenty-one students of the IUSF who were injured during a protest at Viharamahadevi Park had been hospitalised, the Colombo National Hospital said.