Police use tear gas on protesting students
Police used tear gas to disperse a group of univerversity students who came on a protest march from Sri Jayewardenapura University when they attempted to proceed towards the Temple Trees.
The Protest march demanding to ensure students' rights caused heavy traffic from this afternoon along the High Level Road and police used tear gas to disperse to disperse the protesting students who gathered at Colpetty junction causing major traffic jam.
Few journalists who were covering the event had reportedly come under attack while police already arresting two students for causing disruption.