General Secretary of Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pullikal (TMVP) Poobalapillai Prashanthan was taken into custody by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) yesterday over a double murder case. He was arrested yesterday in his residence at Batticaloa by a CID team from Colombo. He is remanded till November 23.
Earlier, he and his brother were arrested over the double murder incident in Aarayampathy twelve years ago. Police opened a fresh probe into the incident after the sister of one of the victims gave a statement to the police.
Leader of TMVP, Parliamentarian Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan is also currently in remand over the murder of former Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarian Joseph Pararajasingham.
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
Former Member of Parliament J.R.P. Suriyapperuma passed away today, January 2, 2025, at the age of 96.
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