Sri Lanka police to import tear gas

Sri Lanka Police has decided to import a new stock of tear gas, a local radio reported.

However, the police spokesman Ajith Rohana said to the same radio that the imports were part of the routine procurement.

The radio reported that the police had to spend a large stock of tear gas in the mass agitations held in the past few days.

Police fired tear gas last Friday also at an agitation led by the major Opposition United national Party against petroleum price increase.

Local media reported yesterday that the intelligence wings had warned the government of a series of mass agitations country wide in the coming weeks. Share this article