Two out of four of the Jaffna University students arrested by the Sri Lankan Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) in the Maveerar Naal protests are to be released on Tuesday, according to Vasanthy Arasaratnam, Vice-Chancellor of the University.
Out of the four, Bavananthan and Solomon will be released, after almost two months of detention at the Velikanda Rehabilitation Centre.
Uthayan reports that with academic activities resumed at the University of Jaffna, the institution is now facing fresh threats of examination boycott from peers of the detained students.
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