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Courts again rejects bail for Pillayan; further remanded
Former Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police over the killing of a Tamil parliamentarian further remanded until April 28 by the Batticaloa Magistrate Court today.
When the case was taken up today, the lawyers appearing for Mr Chandrakanthan requested the magistrate to grant bail for him, however the courts rejected the bail plea. He was arrested Pillayan on October 11 over the killing of former Batticaloa district Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian Joseph Pararajasingham.
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