Vavuniya High Court Judge Balendran Shashi Mahendran has passed death sentences on Five suspects accused of murders . All five death sentences were passed on one day in three murder cases.
In Sundarapuram Kandasamy Sugandan murder case , Kuddappam Velautham and his sons, Velautham Dineshkumar and Velautham Manoraj , death sentences were imposed on them.
In another case in respect of murdering a popular ice sweet product businessman called , Nilane Arachchige Dharmakeerthi from Moonrumudichchu by setting fire to his room while he was sleeping. In this case his wife Jeyakody Arachchige was imposed death sentence.
In the third case for forcibly entering a house in Sasthirikulam , robbing jewellery and killing 19 year old Sivakumar Indumathi death sentence was passed on Viswanathan Kanaka Manokaran.