PersonIn custody
Pillayan (Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan)
Listed from published reports. Appearing here is not a finding of wrongdoing. The custody or bail mark follows the dated status line below and may be out of date.
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Details
- Also known as
- Pillayan, Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan
- Role
- Former State Minister; former chief minister of the Eastern Province
- Status
- Arrested 8 April 2025; remanded in April 2026; in remand until 27 October 2026 in a case over five killings in Batticaloa in 2008; no verdict reported
- Note
- Named in Maulana’s account as the person who directed him
Connections (6)
- Hanzeer Azad Maulana / Says he acted on directives of / Pillayan (Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan)Allegation
- Criminal Investigation Department / Arrested, April 2025 / Pillayan (Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan)Allegation
- Arrested in Batticaloa on 8 April 2025 and held on a 90-day detention order under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. He challenged the detention in the Supreme Court; in April 2026 a magistrate remanded him pending the Attorney General’s advice.2 Apr 2026 · Ada Derana · Former State Minister Pillayan remanded
- Pillayan (Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan) / Investigated over / Disappearance of the Eastern University vice-chancellor, 2006Allegation
- Ranil Wickremesinghe / Sought to speak with in custody / Pillayan (Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan)
- According to the Public Security Minister, one of his security officers phoned the CID asking for him to speak with the detained Pillayan. The CID refused, saying phone contact with a suspect held under a detention order is illegal.15 Apr 2025 · Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) · CID refuses former President Ranil's request to speak with Pillayan
- Pillayan (Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan) / In remand over / Batticaloa killings case, 2008Allegation
- On 29 September 2026 the Batticaloa Magistrate’s Court further remanded him and two other suspects until 13 October. The CID’s case concerns the shooting deaths of four people in Kallady and Kattankudy and the alleged abduction and killing of a businessman, all in 2008. He appeared by video link. The article carries no response from him.29 Sep 2026 · Newswire · Pillayan further remanded over five Batticaloa killings
- On 13 October 2026 he and two other suspects were further remanded until 27 October. He appeared by video link; the other two, Mohamed Sifan and Mohamed Sakeed of Kattankudy, were produced in court. The article says the case concerns the murder of five people in Batticaloa in 2008, and that he was arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. It says the other two were arrested by the CID and are alleged to have been military intelligence informants. The article carries no response from them.13 Oct 2026 · News 1st · Pillayan further remanded in multiple murder case
- Udaya Gammanpila / Met in custody / Pillayan (Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan)