Several murders happened in Sri Lanka due to Political reasons. Jealousy, Theft, Caste rivalry, Ethnic riots, , Power abuse, Drug intake. psychological mental disorders
The 18 murder cases in this book includes murders that happened before and after the independence of Sri Lanka in 1948. Only selected murders that drew the attention of media and public are included in this book. Ruthirapuram village murder case that happened in sixties was a well-known case in the Northern province. A dream helped the police to solve case The other interesting cases in this book are two Cyanide poisoning case. Murder due to revenge, Killing of the wife, Willpattu games sanctuary murder case of the lover. These stories in Tamil are based on the Famous murder cases in Sri Lanka written in English by late Supreme court Judge A C Alles. The stories are mixed with fiction. There three stories that took place in Tea estate. In one case a young woman was sentenced to death for killing a teenage boy. In the verdict she was given life sentence. In many cases the convicts were sentenced to death. In one case the arguments by the defense helped the real murder to get acquitted.