(Lanka-e-News -02.Oct.2016, 11.30PM) The president and the Prime Minister have agreed to appoint a special commission to investigate the alleged murder of the two students of the Jaffna University by the police , said Kandasamy Rajeeban , the representative of the Jaffna University students association .
Rajeeban made this announcement following a nearly one and half hour discussion, when a group of representatives of the Jaffna University met with the president and the Prime Minister yesterday (01) in Colombo.
A group of 16 representatives including the Vice Chancellor Ms. Vasanthi Arasaratnam of Jaffna University attended this discussion. The group requested that a compensation amounting to Rs.10 million be paid to each of the families of the victims.
The students association representative revealed ,the president and Prime Minister agreed to appoint a special commission this week and after its report to be furnished within a week ,based on the recommendations and directives in the report of the commission , a suitable compensation shall be paid , the president and the Prime Minister had concurred.
The Prime Minister has also assured that the current police investigation into the deaths of the two students will be conducted impartially and in a transparent manner .
Though the opposition leader R. Sampanthan was scheduled to participate in the discussion , he could not attend it. However minister D.M. Swaminathan took part in the discussion , according to the representative of the Jaffna University students association .
BY Dinasena Rathugamage
Translated by Jeff
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