The military intelligence presence around the University of Jaffna and its surrounding areas was increased on Monday, a week before the Tamil people marked Remembrance Week.
The move comes as posters commemorating fallen LTTE cadres were seen on walls of the university in preceding days.
In previous years, Jaffna university has been a site of military violence and threats around the time of Remembrance Day on November 27th, as students attempt to mourn the dead in secret.
Speaking in parliament on Saturday, the TNA MP M A Sumanthiran urged the new government to "allow people to remember their heroes".
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