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Tense situation in Vavuniya prison under control Prisons Department said the tense situation in the Vavuniya prison, where some prisoners were held as hostages by a group of prisoners demanding a transfer of a prisoner, was brought under control. A group of eleven prisoners had locked 84 prisoners in cells demanding to transfer a prisoner called ‘Sashi’ from the Anuradhapura prison. Commissioner General of Prisons Major General V.R De Silva said the situation in the prison was brought under control. According to prisons sources, Sashi had assaulted to a priest, who is being remanded for an allege rape of a school girl. The incident led to a clash between the two groups.