Pilleyan remanded till Dec. 14
Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 01:00
Former Chief Minister of the Eastern Province Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pilleyan who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department in October in connection with the murder of TNA MP Joseph Pararajasingham was remanded till December 14 by Batticaloa magistrate N.M. Abdulla.
The former Chief Minister was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) when the latter arrived at the department to give a statement in connection with the MP's murder on October 11 and the Colombo chief magistrate allowed the CID to detain and question him till November 4.