Special Commission to investigate deaths of the 2 Jaffna students ; Rs. 10 million compensation claimed for each

(Lanka-e-News -02.Oct.2016, 11.30PM)  The president and the Prime Minister have agreed to appoint a special commission to investigate the alleged murder of the  two students of the Jaffna University  by the police , said Kandasamy Rajeeban  , the representative  of the Jaffna University students association .

Rajeeban made this announcement following a nearly one and half hour discussion, when  a group of representatives of the Jaffna University met with  the president and the Prime Minister yesterday (01) in Colombo.

A group of 16 representatives including  the Vice Chancellor Ms. Vasanthi Arasaratnam of Jaffna University attended this discussion. The group requested that a compensation amounting to Rs.10 million be paid to each of the families of the victims.

The students association representative revealed ,the president and Prime Minister agreed to appoint a special commission this week and after its  report to be furnished   within a week ,based  on the recommendations and directives in the report of the commission , a suitable  compensation shall be paid , the president and the  Prime Minister had  concurred.  

The Prime Minister has also assured that the current police investigation into the deaths of the two students will be conducted impartially and in a transparent manner .

Though the opposition leader R. Sampanthan was  scheduled to participate in the discussion , he could not attend it. However minister D.M. Swaminathan took part in the discussion , according to the representative of the Jaffna University students  association .

BY Dinasena Rathugamage
Translated by Jeff

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