Pilleyan further remanded

TMVP leader and former Eastern Provincial Councillor Sivanesadurai Chandrakanthan alias Pilleyan and four suspects allegedly involved in the murder of Batticaloa District T N A parliamentarian Joseph Pararajasingam were further remanded till April 17.

Batticaloa Magistrate M. Ganesharaja made the order when Chandrakanthan, Former TMVP National Coordinator and Eastern Provincial Councillor Edwin Silwa Krishnanantharaja, K. Kanaganayagam, and Army Intelligent officer M. Kaleel were produced before court yesterday.

Joseph Pararajasingam was shot dead on December 25, 2005. Chandrakanthan was arrested in connection with the murder on November 10, 2015.