Sri Lanka’s police have claimed that the injuries a Tamil student received in an attack at Sabaragamuwa University were self inflicted and said they would take action against him for making a false complaint, reported the Daily Mirror.
Santhirakumar Sutharshan, who originally hails from Muhamalai in the northeast of the island, was attacked earlier this month by masked men, leaving him with injuries requiring hospital treatment.
He was arrested on his return from hospital last week by Sri Lanka’s Terrorist Investigation Division. According to the police the student admitted that the injuries were self-inflicted.
The attack coincided with the appearance of posters in the university premises, warning Tamil and Muslim students to leave or be killed and accusing them of being members of the LTTE.
Listing the names of Tamil and Muslim students, one poster, written in broken Tamil, read: "Muslim, Tamil students do not study here, if you do, we will shoot and kill. Women - rape you and kill.. otherwise shoot and kill".
Another Tamil student was arrested by the TID and later released.
Second Tamil student at Sabaragamuwa University arrested by TID (09 August 2014)
Tamil student detained by anti-terror police at Sabaragamuwa University (07 August 2014)
Tamil student attacked in South as posters warn Tamils and Muslims to leave (03 August 2014)