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When asked by Daily Mirror about Senior DIG Champika Siriwardene’s claim that the HNDA student was not beaten by the Police but was only being removed from the location, the student Sasini Sandeepani said she was not assisted by the policemen to remove but was only repeatedly beaten on the head.

A first-year HNDA student the 21-year-old Sasini Sandeepani was clearly seen in the photographs being beaten by a policeman during the HNDA protest at Ward Place.

She said this was the first time that she had participated in a protest.

Colombo National Hospital doctors had recommended her to undergo a CT scan, also called an X-ray computed tomography (X-ray CT) due to her constant head pains, she said.

After the photographs were published, the attack on the students came in for severe criticism by the people. (Piyumi Fonseka)











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  • Dr.Raghavan Pathmanathan Friday, 30 October 2015 07:53 PM

    Change in the government but no change in the attitude or policy. This kind of treatment in the past made me to quit the country way back in 1978. May god save the democracy!

    Thugs kings of YAHAPALANA Police state Friday, 30 October 2015 07:57 PM

    We now established Police state by promoting thug policemen and brought to Colombo to hammered and killed university students.

    Sarojini Rajapakse Saturday, 31 October 2015 11:19 AM

    Do not blame the government but blame the students. Students have to set an example. They have to behave.

    Sarojini Rajapakse Saturday, 31 October 2015 11:21 AM

    Students have to behave as students. Not as protesters to teach the LAW.

    Coconut Republic Saturday, 31 October 2015 01:37 PM

    Some police officers deliberately act in such a way to bring disrepute to the current govt with such behaviour. They should be fired!

    nandalal Sunday, 01 November 2015 02:45 PM

    It was not the students that the people criticised but the baton wielding thugs in uniform. Only an insane person will say that the Police officers were correct.God save the yahapalakayas.

    Democracy Wednesday, 04 November 2015 11:56 AM

    What a sadistic behavior of the police officer to constantly beat the girl on the head when fallen. Great sadistic hero !!!


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