Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya today allowed the CID to detain former Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan until November 4.

This order was given considering a request made by the CID.

On October 11, Sivanesanthurai Chandrakanthan was arrested by the CID in relation to the 2005 assassination of former TNA MP Joseph Pararajasingham.

Pararajasingham, a former TNA MP, was shot dead at St. Mary's cathedral church in Batticaloa, while attending Christmas prayers early morning on December 25, 2005.