Thursday, February 2, 2017

Police Used Tear Gas And Water Cannons To Disperse Medical Student Protestors In Lotus Road

Police have fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse a protest
  March of Medical students organized by the Medical Faculty Students Action Committee against the court decision in granting permission to students of Malabe Private Medical Collage to register with Sri Lanka Medical Council   at Lotus Road roundabout in Colombo Fort  this evening (02).

Police have also arrested 12 protesting Medical students over violent behaviour  it has been reported .

Police fired the tear gas and water cannons towards  the student protestors when they attempted to march towards presidential secrerariet .

More than two thousand medical students had  participated the protest March started at Colombo Medical Faculty premises. Then members of Inter University Students Federation have also joined the protest march which  caused heavy traffic in Colombo Fort.Maradana and Punchi Borella  areas.

Meanwhile Colombo Additional Magistrate Ranga Dassanayake had earlier rejected the motion filed by police seeking an issuing of  injunction order  to  prevent  the protest march.

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