Pillayan Remanded Again Over Five Eastern Province Killing

COLOMBO (News 1st); Former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, better known as Pillayan , and two military intelligence informants have been further remanded until November 23.

The order was issued when court today took up the case relating to the killing of five individuals in Batticaloa.

When the matter was called in open court, the two remanded suspects, Mohamed Sifan and Mohamed Sakeed, were produced before court in person, while Pillayan appeared via video link.

The case relates to a series of killings allegedly committed in 2008, including the shooting deaths of two individuals, among them a police officer, in the Kallady area, the shooting deaths of two individuals including a member of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) in Kattankudy, and the abduction and brutal murder of a businessman in the Vavunathivu-Karaiyakantheevu area.

Pillayan, who is named as a suspect in the incidents, was arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, while the two military intelligence informants from Kattankudy, Mohamed Sifan and Mohamed Sakeed, were arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department.