Agitations by dozens of Tamil people were seen in the early hours of Saturday outside the University of Jaffna in Sri Lanka after the Mullivaikkal memorial monument located on the campus of the varsity was bulldozed.
Even as protesters demanded to hold discussion with the Vice Chancellor of the university, Sri Lankan troops blocked the entrance of the college. The Mullivaikkal memorial was inaugurated in 2019 and was dedicated to the thousands of Tamil people killed by Sri Lankan troops in the last leg of the country’s civil war at Mullivaikkal.
As per reports from Sri Lanka, a bulldozer started demolishing Mullivaikkal memorial within the university campus at 8.45 pm on Friday. Fearing violence, the students at once gathered outside the campus. There was also speculation that Sri Lankan troops were deployed inside the campus at the time of the incident. As the news of the demolition spread, several people crowded the place and the newly elected Mayor of Jaffna also gathered at the spot.
The protests continued despite the presence of Sri Lanka's Special Task Force. The protesters urged the VC to have a dialogue with Tamil students and urged him not to demolish the memorial.
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