VIDEO: Private buses in several areas between Vavuniya and Jaffna on strike
September 9, 2013 11:50 am
Private buses
operating in several areas between Vavuniya and Jaffna have gone on strike this
morning (September 9) demanding that two members of the Vavuniya Bus
Association be released from police custody.
Buses operating from
Vavuniya to Jaffna, Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi and Mannar have halted operations
this morning.
The incident that led
to the arrest of the two bus association members involved a bus traveling from
Hambantota to Jaffna which allegedly illegally picked up passengers in
Vavuniya. Following a heated incident between the two parties, police arrested two
members of the Vavuniya Bus Association.
The bus strike will
continue until the two arrested suspects are released or those operating the
Hambantota-Jaffna bus in question are taken into custody, the protesters
stated.
