On the 20th of October, the Police Headquarters announced that the two Jaffna University students succumbed to injuries after meeting with an accident. Police reported that the two students who were on a motorbike travelling from Jaffna to Chunnakam veered off the road and rammed into a wall.
However the post-mortem examinations conducted later revealed the two youth were shot and killed. The Criminal Investigations Department subsequently commenced investigations in connection with the incident.
Followed by the investigation, five policemen were arrested on suspicion in connection with the death of two Jaffna University students. They will be produced before Jaffna Magistrate’s court today (4).
The suspects are a Deputy Inspector, a sergeant and three constables attached to Chunnakam police.
