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Sri Lanka: Former Minister and Para-military leader Pillayan Faces 3 New Murder Charges – Total Now Rises to 5 • Sri Lanka Brief

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has filed three additional murder charges against former Eastern Province Chief Minister and ex-State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, widely known as Pillayan, at the Batticaloa Magistrate’s Court on June 15. With these latest filings, the total number of murder charges against him has risen to five. Pillayan is a former leader of the TMVP (Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal), a paramilitary group…
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The Criminal Investigation Department has filed three murder cases against former Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan at the Batticaloa Magistrate's Court. The CID has filed three murder cases against former Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan alias Pillayan alias Pillayan alias Pillayan alias Pillayan alias Pillayan alias Pillayan alias Pillayan alias Pillayan ali…

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srilankabrief.org broke the news on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.
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