Seven South Eastern University Srudents Had Been Arrested Over Taking Photos By Standing On The Ruins Of Kiralagala Stupa And Shared In Social Media

Police have today (23)arrested seven students attached to South Eastern University who had taken photographs of them standing on the ruins of Kiralagala Stupa at Horowpathana area in Anuradhapura and shared in Social Media .

The arrests were made after the Buddhist Information Center has lodged a complaint at the Police Headquarters yesterday (22) requesting an investigation over the students behaviour and penalized them for behaving an indecent manner at an Archaeological site.

Meanwhile higher authorities had given instructions to the Archaeology Department to  strictly enforce the law against suspects .

The Kiralagala Stupa located at Anuradhapura-Trincomalee Road believes to be built during 4th or 5th Century A.D .