Delivering of Vidya murder Verdict commences!

The announcement of the verdict in the Vidya murder in Jaffna, commenced a short while ago, the Jaffna high Court sources revealed.

The 332 page verdict is currently being delivered by the Vavuniya High Court Judge Balendra Shashi Mahendran.


The case was being heard before a three judge bench from since June 12.

The verdict is being delivered on the nine suspects connected to the murder, Pubalasingham Indrakumar, Pubalasingham Jeyakumar, Pubalasingham Thawakumar, Mahalingham Shashidharan, Tilleinathan Chandrahasan, Sivadevan Dushanth, Palani Rubasingham Kugadasan, Jeyatharan Kokilan and Mahalingam Shashikumar alias Swiss Kumar.

The case was filed at the Jaffna High Court under 47 indictments.

Vavuniya High Court Judge B. Sasi Mahendran is President of the Trial-at-Bar. The other members of the bench are Jaffna High Court Judge M. Ilancheliyan and Trincomalee High Court Judge A. Premashankar.

Having being notified of the verdict being delivered on September 27, the mother of Vidya, Shivayoganathan Saraswathie was present in Court, according to reports.

Heavy security was deployed in the vicinity of the Jaffna Court complex as the verdict was being delivered.

Shivayoganathan Vidya was abducted on May 13, 2015 and raped and murdered.

The case was being investigated under the direction of CID Senior DIG Ravi Seneviratne and DIG Sudath Nagahamulla, under the supervision of  SSP Shani Abeysekara, and SSP – B.S. Tissera by a team comprising OIC of the Mass Theft Investigation Unit IP Nishantha Silva.

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