A Satyagraha (sitting-in protest) launched by a group of students of Sri Lanka's Rajarata University continued for the 70th day despite a court directive to discontinue the protest.
Secretary of the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) which is behind the protest has told local media the allegation that the students have assaulted a youth in the village was a rumor aimed to disrupt their protest and the campaign will continue until their demands are met.
Mihinthale Police said a 20-year-old youth from Ambathalawa in Mihinthale yesterday lodged a complaint that he was assaulted by the protesting students. The youth has been admitted to the Mihinthale Hospital after lodging the complaint with the police.
The students are protesting the banning of 27 students from attending lectures and demanding the authorities to reinstate the suspended colleagues.
The Mihinthale Police had on Thursday (13) dismantled a platform set up by the university students in front of the university for the protest following a Court Order by the Anuradhapura Additional Magistrate and arrested eight students.
The students were later released on bail by the Anuradhapura Magistrate after warning them not to engage in the protest that disrupts public peace.
However, the students will continue their struggle until their demands are met, the student union representative has said.Head of the Sri Lanka Bhikku university, Anuradhapura Venerable Professor Thumbulle Seelakkanda Thero says that the inter university students federation is behind the present student agitation of the university. It has been pointed out that several Bhikku students of the university are engaged in efforts to destabilize administration of the university.
The Venerable Thero said that disciplinary action has been taken against such students with the objective of bringing them into the correct path. The studentship one Bhikku student was suspended according to the decision of the university board of administration. The residential facilities of nine other Bhikku students were also suspended. අසාධාරණපන්තිතහනම්27ඉවත්කරගැනීමඇතුළුඉල්ලීම්නවයක්මුල්කරගනිමින්ශ්රීලංකාරජරටවිශ්වවිද්යාලසිසුන්ආරම්භකරඇතිඅඛණ්ඩසත්යග්රහයටඅදට (17) දින70කි. නමුත්අදාළකිසිඳුගැටලුවකටවිසදුම්දීමවෙනුවටවිශ්වවිද්යාලපරිපාලනයසිසුජීවිතපවාඅවධානමටලක්කරමින්කටයුතුකරන්නේමෙරටවත්මන්ආණ්ඩුවේදේශපාලනවුමනාවන්ඉටුකිරීමේපරමාර්ථයෙනි.
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