Mrs. Sivageetha was arrested over maintaining a brothel. Eight others were also arrested when police raided the brothel yesterday.
Brothel at Sivageetha's residence raided -12:23PM-
A brothel has been conducted at the residence of former mayor of Batticaloa - Sivageetha Prabhakaran, under the guise of a hotel.
During a police raid yesterday (23), six suspects as well as two women said to be sex workers, were arrested.
It is said that the suspects also includes the husband of Mrs. Sivageetha.
Police say that they have been receiving tip offs for some time that a brothel was being maintained at the premises.
Mrs. Sivageetha functioned as the mayor of Batticaloa from 2008 - 2013.