Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya today allowed the CID to detain former Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan until December 10.

On October 11, Sivanesanthurai Chandrakanthan was arrested by the CID in relation to the 2005 assassination of former TNA MP Joseph Pararajasingham. On October 14, the CID obtained a detention order till today.

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.