Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 01:00
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) General Secretary and former Eastern Provincial Councillor Poopalapillai Prasanthan, who is remanded for allegedly intimidating witnesses in the double murder case in Arayampathy, Kattankudy, was further remanded till March 15.
The case was taken up for hearing through Zoom at the Batticaloa Magistrate’s Court.
Prasanthan was arrested on November 23, 2020 for his alleged involvement in the Arayampathy double murder in 2008. While on bail, he was ordered to be re-arrested by the Attorney General’s Department for intimidating witnesses in the case
Magistrate A.C.Rizwan on Monday gave the order to remand him for another 14 days.
