Protestors had stormed into Gotabaya Rajapaksa's palace on July 9. It was reported in media that he had escaped with his family to an undisclosed location before that.
Pandey, Dammulal, and Tiwari have been arrested for brutally murdering six people in three cases while Pal who was Congress corporator for three terms then has been arrested for the Dabauli killings.
The 13 RSS workers were convicted by the Thiruvananthapuram Additional District and Sessions Court, following which, they appealed in Kerala High Court in 2016.