Chauvinist missile crushes the rights of Jaffna university students. University female students including many injured.

Police and forces were engaged in dispersing the university students by assaulting ruthlessly yesterday morning at the Jaffna university compound.

Due to the brutalities the female university students including many were injured. Out of them 10 persons are seeking treatments at the Jaffna Teaching Hospital.

Reporters who were engaged in collecting news at the locality were under attacks by the forces.

Four Students from the Jaffna University media faculty were arrested by the police with the assistance of intelligence unit personnel and later released.

Jaffna District parliament member E.Saravanabawan’s vehicle was smashed when he visited the locality where the incident took place.

Students were engaged in a protest yesterday at the Jaffna university premises against the attempts of forces to disturb the heroes memorial events organized two days back at the Jaffna University students hostels.

Students by closing the university main gates were holding placards and chanting slogans were on a protest yesterday.

Military is it correct to intrude inside the female hostels?

Military what is the work you have inside the university?

University administration! Who is responsible for the university students?

Military, who permitted you to enter the university hostels?

We condemn the administration which permitted the military atrocity?

Even though we are suppressed on the point of weapons, our spirits cannot be suppressed?

Harmony is to squeeze our feelings?

Do we do not have rights to express our rights in this democratic country?

University students by tying their mouths with black cloth were carrying these placards and were engaged in the protest inside the university compound.

Vice Chancellor why are you here? Forces are threatening the students? If it so, why this administration? Is there none to clarify this injustice in Jaffna was the questions raised by the students engaged in the protest.

Following this, the students walked through the main entrance without creating traffic congestion, by another entry were proceeding on a procession. During this time, the Jaffna police prevented the students and asked them to go back. When students came forward to ask reasons, the police who were in vehicles began to disperse them

Police the forces joined together and started to attack the students inhumanly. Students by leaving their text books and footwear escaped from the police attacks. Some students were put down dragged by the police and were beaten. Military assaulted the students by their rifles. Five students were beaten and were arrested by police.

Journalists who were engaged in collecting news were assaulted by the military.

Students ran inside the university compound and began to pelt stones at the police and forces. This created much tension in the area.

Later university lecturers rushed to the locality where the incident occurred and had discussion with the police. However forces were stationed in large quantity around the university premises, and students were not permitted to go out of the compound. Hence students were transported by the bus belonging to the university were dropped at the bus halts.

This incident had been informed by the students to the Jaffna District Parliament Member E.Saravanabawan and he rushed to the locality. But his vehicle in the presence of police and forces was smashed by the civil cloths men who were present in the area.

Regarding the attack against the students and the arrest of four persons an argument was between parliament member Saravanabawan and the police which took a long time.

After a long argument the four persons arrested from the media faculty were released by the police and one student was detained even though parliament member Saravanabawan made it clear that he is a student from the media faculty, but he was not released.

Police after contacting the University high levels checked the records and released the remaining student who was in their custody.