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Former LTTE cadre sentenced to life in prison

06 Mar 2022

The Colombo High Court has sentenced a former cadre of the now-defunct separatist group LTTE to rigorous life imprisonment. According to the police, Thangavelu Nimalan had served as a member of the LTTE’s intelligence unit during the civil war in Sri Lanka. He was convicted of being in possession of 2kg of high-power explosives containing RDX. The case had been filed against the accused in 2011. Four other cases lodged against the said former LTTE cadre are also being heard before the court.


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