Sathajhan Sarachandran

Sarhajhan Sarachandran is a Canadian former member of the Tamil Tigers who pleaded guilty to trying to purchase anti-aircraft missiles for the militant group. He was convicted of supporting terrorism.[1]

American Nadarasa Yogarasa was alleged to have helped Sarachandran concoct the plan, after Sarachandran contacted an FBI informant in Brooklyn, New York, about purchasing weapons for the Tigers. He had arranged to purchase 10 Russian SA18 missiles and 500 AK-47 assault rifles for US$900,000.[2] Sarachandran was a student at the University of Toronto.[1] On January 26, 2009, he pleaded guilty, and two days later his co-defendants Sahilal Sabaratnam and Thiruthanikan Thanigasalam also pleaded guilty.[2] He was imprisoned at Federal Correctional Institution, Ray Brook.[3] In 2019, he was released from custody and deported back to Canada.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "GTA man pleads guilty in arms case". The Star. 27 January 2009. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 Bell, Stewart; Humphreys, Adrian. "Canadians plead guilty in terror trial". www.canada.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-09. Retrieved 2026-05-29.
  3. ↑ Traci, Taylor (2022-02-03). "The 1980 Winter Games Village in New York Was Turned Into a Prison". 98.1 The Hawk. Retrieved 2026-05-29.
  4. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Brooklyn judge reduces convicted terror trio's jail sentence over haunting 'injustice' in Sri Lanka case". New York Daily News. 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2026-05-29.
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