Due to the police firing tear gas at a protest march organized by the University of Peradeniya’s Students’ Union with a number of demands including the immediate withdrawal of the Social Media Censorship Act, free education, and the withdrawal of the government’s conspiracy to sell medical degrees for money through the degree shops of the Free Health Forest in Kotalawala. A very hot atmosphere arose.Sri Lanka Latest News
When the university students came near the Peradeniya Inn on a protest march, a group of hundreds of policemen blocked the road and fired tear gas at the students, causing a tense atmosphere between the students and the police.
According to the hospital sources, about 08 students have been admitted to the hospital due to tear gas bullets and allergies caused by tear gas.
