Pillayan linked to Easter Attacks – Police Minister tells Parliament

April 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM

Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that a significant amount of information has been uncovered linking Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan to the 2019 Easter Sunday Attacks.

Pillayan, a former Chief Minister of the Eastern Province, is currently in the custody of the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) in connection with the abduction of a youth in 2006. (Newswire)