The leader of the TMVP, Sivanesadurai Chandrakanthan (commonly known as Pillaiyan) along with three party members, have been re-remanded over the murder of Joseph Pararajasingam in 2005.
Pararajasingam was the Batticaloa district parliamentarian and member of the current opposition, the Tamil National Alliance. He was shot dead on Christmas Day at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Batticaloa.
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