T. Maheswaran murder: chief suspect gets death sentence

August 27, 2012 12:57 pm

The chief suspect in the assassination of T. Maheswaran murder case was given the death sentence by the Colombo High Court today.

Colombo District United National Party (UNP) legislator and former Hindu Affairs minister T Maheswaran, was shot dead at a Hindu temple in the capital, Colombo on January 1, 2008.

He is the third prominent minority Tamil parliamentarian to be killed.

The gunman was wounded when Maheswaran’s bodyguard returned fire and had been arrested and hospitalized.

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