Posted by Udaya Arunakantha on June 30, 2026 – 12:46 pm
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Former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, alias “Pillayan”, was remanded till July 13, 2026 over investigations into 5 murders within the Japanese Province.
The order was issued by the Batticaloa Justice of the Peace’s Court docket at this time (June 30), when the case was taken up for listening to.
The murders had taken place in a number of areas of the Japanese Province in 2008.
The Felony Investigation Division (CID) had earlier knowledgeable the court docket on June 15, 2026 concerning the progress of the investigations into the killings.
Through the earlier listening to, the Batticaloa Justice of the Peace directed the Superintendent of the Welikada Jail to supply “Pillayan” earlier than the court docket, as he had been named because the third suspect within the homicide case.
Accordingly, “Pillayan” was produced earlier than the Batticaloa Justice of the Peace’s Court docket this morning (June 30).
Safety in and across the court docket premises was considerably tightened when he was dropped at court docket.
