A total of 121 students were kidnapped while two soldiers were gunned down.
Hours after the incident, Aruwan visited the community but aggrieved parents and protesters blocked his convoy.
“Go back! Go back!” they yelled repeatedly.
The security operatives attached to the commissioner tried to pacify the protesters but they stood their ground.
As the stalemate continued, the vehicles in Aruwan’s convoy blared their sirens and reversed out of the place and the people shouted in unison.
Some other persons jeered the commissioner and clapped in solidarity with the aggrieved parents.
The kidnappers have already contacted the school authorities but are yet to demand ransom.