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Death row inmate in Vidya murder case found dead in Jaffna prison
A death row inmate convicted in the high‐profile rape and murder of schoolgirl Sivalloganathan Vidya in Jaffna has reportedly died
Summary
The deceased has been identified as 46-year-old Poobalasingam Jeyakumar, who was named as the second accused in the case and had been convicted for his role in the crime. Jeyakumar was among four individuals who had been sentenced to death over the widely condemned crime, which shocked the nation.
What this story is about
People
- Thilainathan Chandrahason
- Poobalasingam Jeyakumar
- Sivalloganathan Vidya
- Jayatharan Kokilan
- Sivadev Thushithan
- Padman Surasena
- Sashikumar
- Jeyakumar
Organisations
- Supreme Court of Sri Lanka2
- Vithiya Killing Ends Life
- Mahalingam Saseetharan
- Sivaloganathan Vithiya
- Department of Prisons
- Convicted Rapist
- High Court
- Police
Places
- Jaffna Prison2
- Periyathambi
- Sri Lanka
- Chandra
- Jaffna
Keywords
- inmate
- murder
- death
- found
- case
- dead
- row
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