Police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of students protesting in Colombo over the release of the Inter-University Students’ Federation President, Wasantha Mudalige, who has been under detention for more than 150 days.
Mudalige played a major role in anti-government protests that led to the resignation of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
The protesters also demanded that President Ranil Wickremesinghe introduced measures to ease the economic burdens on the people as the country grapples with economic crisis.