Illegal entry:

J'pura undergrads told to appear in Court

Manel PUSHPAKUMARI

Nugegoda Chief Magistrate and Additional District Judge Rohana Anura Kumara Herath yesterday ordered four students of the Sri Jayewardenepura University who are on suspension orders be noticed to appear in Court for illegally entering the University premises and joining a demonstration staged by a group of nearly 500 students.

The four student suspects are H S M Samarasinghe, K G C Deshapriya, P A N Dhanushka and K K N S Karunatilleke.

Mirihana Police told Court that these four students were among several other suspended students who entered the University premises to join nearly 500 of their colleagues to stage a demonstration on November 26 forenoon. Police were conducting investigations to identify the other students on suspension who had joined the demonstration after entering the University premises in an unauthorized manner.

Police said University Chief Security Officer Bandara Yatigammana had complained that a group of students on suspension had forcibly entered the University and joined a picketing campaign and a protest march upto Wijerama Junction.

Police said a student suspect named Dhanushka is alleged to be behind several unruly acts committed within the University premises.