Pillaiyan further remanded

10 February 2016 02:13 pm Views - 4046

Former Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillaiyan, who was arrested in connection with the murder of former Parliamentarian Joseph Pararajasingham, was further remanded till February 24 by Batticaloa Magistrate Ganesha Rajah.

Pillaiyan was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department on October 11, 2015 when he arrived at the CID office in Colombo to give a statement over the killing of Mr. Pararajasingham.(Jaufer Khan)