Former LTTE intelligence chief sentenced to life imprisonment

A former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) intelligence chief, Thangavelu Nimalan has been sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly possessing 2 kilograms of high explosives. 

Colombo High Court delivered the sentence on Friday after a case was filed against Nimalan in 2011.  

A number of other cases have also been filed against Nimalan, including an alleged claymore attack on a Sri Lanka Special Task Force (STF) truck on May 28, 2007 in Ratmalana.

These allegations remain under investigation. 

 

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