Pillayan re-remanded for 31st time

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The former Eastern Province chief minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan was today further remanded till March 6 for the 31st time by Batticaloa Magistrate M. Ganesharaja.

The CID arrested him in 2015 in connection with the assassination of former MP Joseph Pararajasingham. (Jawfer Khan)

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