The Criminal Investigation Department has initiated investigations to arrest six people suspected of working under former Minister Shivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias ‘Pillayan’, who is accused of being involved in abductions, disappearances and shootings in the Eastern Province.
It is reported that these individuals are to be arrested based on information obtained during lengthy interrogations of Pillayan and former Eastern Provincial Council member K. Pushpakumar alias ‘Iniyabharathi’.
Two individuals have already been arrested in Batticaloa and Keselwatte areas of Colombo based on the same information.