Vidya Trial at Bar resumes today
The case of the Vidya gang rape cum murder will be taken up for trial today at the 3 judge -Trial at Bar to held at the Jaffna High Court.
Earlier 6 days of trial from 28th of last was held at the Trial at Bar consisting Balendran Sasi Mahendran (Leader), Manickervasagar Ilancheliyan and Annalingam Premasangar.
The Attorney General had announced in the court that the 9th suspect Swizz Kumar is the mastermind of the crime.
This suspect was released by the Jaffna Police and later arrested by the Wellawatta Police.
Former SDIG, Jaffna, Lalith Jayasinghe was arrested by the CID on 15th of this month for aiding and abetting Swizz Kumar to escape from Jaffna and remanded till 25th and transferred to Anuradhapura Prison on security counts.
Nine suspects are in remand in this case.