Former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, alias Pillayan, and two military intelligence informants, were further remanded until September 15 over their alleged involvement in the killings of five people, in Batticaloa, in 2008.
The order was issued yesterday by the Acting Magistrate of the Batticaloa Magistrate’s Court after the three suspects were produced before court, via Zoom, from prison.
The case relates to several incidents reported in 2008, including the shooting deaths of two people, one of them a police officer, in Kallady; the killing of two people, including a member of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP), in Kattankudy; and the abduction and murder of a businessman in Vavunathivu.
Pillayan and the two military intelligence informants were arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), in November 2025, under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
The CID later filed charges against four suspects, including a person reportedly residing in London, before the Batticaloa Magistrate’s Court, on June 17, 2026.
An open warrant was reissued for the London-based suspect, who is reportedly absconding, while the case was postponed until September 15.
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