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Pillayan, two others further remanded over 2008 Batticaloa killings

Summary by Ada Derana
Pillayan, two others further remanded over 2008 Batticaloa killings

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The Acting Magistrate of the Batticaloa Magistrate's Court today (01) remanded former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, known as Pillayan, and three others, including two informants of the Military Intelligence Division, who were arrested in connection with the 2008 incident in Batticaloa in which five people were shot dead with a T-56 rifle, until September 15th. The post Former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan continues…

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Ada Derana broke the news in Sri Lanka on Tuesday, September 1, 2026.
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