The Colombo Chief Magistrate today granted permission to Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to detain and question former chief minister of the Eastern province Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan also known as Pillayan.
He was arrested by the police this week in connection with the murder of a Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader Joseph Pararajasingham.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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