Rajarata Uni. students arrested over Satyagraha

13 February 2014 06:26 am

Rajarata University students who were staging a ‘Satyagraha’ near the Rajarata University in Mihintale had been forcibly removed by the Mihintale Police from the site, the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) charged today.

Nine students were also arrested, it charged.

“Students have been holding a Satyagraha against the suspension of 27 students of the University for 66 days. But today the police forcibly removed the students from the Satyagraha and arrested nine students,” IUSF Convener Najith Indika said.