An attempt by the self-styled Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) to enter the University of Jaffna failed on Saturday as it ran into stiff resistance from the university administration and a section of students. Some security forces personnel said IUSF members had come under an attack, a claim denied by the IUSF.
IUSF spokesman Sanjeewa Bandara, contacted for comment, said no such incident had occurred and student activists from the South had been denied entry by the Jaffna University. "We ...