Chennai:
Former Sri Lanka Minister Douglas Devananda is likely to face trial in a city court for his involvement in a 28- year-old murder case.
The case could be re-opened again after a petition was filed by M Prabhavati, additional city public prosecutor, in the Fourth additional Sessions court.
Prabhavati, who had filed a petition before judge M Santhi, said that Douglas Devanda is accused number three in the murder which happened in 1987. She said that Madras High Court in September 2014 allowed Devananda to attend the murder trial through video- conferencing.
He was required to appear in the office of High Commissioner of India in Colombo for video conferencing as and when it is required.
“Now since all the accused are absconding, we want the case be split up against other accused except Douglas Devananda,” said Prabhavati, who has filed a memo in the court.
A warrant was issued against Devananda, leader of the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP), treating him as an 'absconding accused' in a case pertaining to the killing of a resident on Diwali eve during 1987.
Though all the accused had been arrested and remanded in judicial custody, they absconded after being released on bail.
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