The Hon. Anura Karunathilaka
Anura Karunathilaka stated that Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, alias Pillayan, was in Batticaloa Prison in connection with the Joseph Pararajasingham murder case at the time of the Zion Church bombing. He highlighted an alleged remark by Pillayan to an associate immediately after the 9.05 a.m. explosion, suggesting prior awareness or identification of the attack as a suicide bombing.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Please allow me a little more time, Hon. Presiding Member.
¶ 02 At that time, Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, also known as Pillayan, was in Batticaloa Prison in connection with the murder of Joseph Pararajasingham. When the bomb exploded at 9.05 a.m. at the Zion Church in Batticaloa, Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan told his associate, “There, the bomb has gone off — it is a suicide bomb attack.”
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 9 July 2025 ·No. 1752660241032216 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Anura Karunathilaka. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 July 2025. No. 1752660241032216. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/9402