He has also ordered to interdict all police officers on duty at the Kulappiddy Junction in Kokuvil when the incident had taken place.

Meanwhile, it is reported that a tense situation had erupted in Jaffna after bullets were discovered in the bodies of the two students.

Earlier, it was reported that the students had died in a road accident at the Kulappiddy Junction in Kokuvil. However, bullets were found in their bodies when the the post-mortems were carried out.

Upon learning of this, a large group of undergraduates of the Jaffna University had taken to the streets and according to sources, they are joined by former MP Mavai Senathirajah.

Police had stated that the two undergraduates travelling on a motorbike had sped past disregarding orders to stop, before crashing into a parapet wall. They add that the two undergraduates had been under the influence of alcohol.

The two students were third years of the Arts Faculty. One student was dropping off his friend at the hostel after a party at his home in Chunnakam.

Both students were rushed to the Jaffna Teaching Hospital but had succumbed to their injuries later.