Like Yogeswaran, Sivapalan belonged to the Tamil United Liberation Front. He too was assassinated, on 11 September 1998, when a mine exploded in the Jaffna city council chambers with Sri Lanka Army Jaffna town commander, Brigadier Susantha Mendis and his Principal Staff Officer (PSO), Captain Ramanayaka and Senior Superintendent of Police in charge of Jaffna Division, Chandra Perera.
Like Yogeswaran, Sivapalan was a member of the Tamil United Liberation Front and was assassinated on September 11, 1998, when a mine detonated in the Jaffna city council chambers, killing Sri Lanka Army Jaffna town commander Brigadier Susantha Mendis, his Principal Staff Officer Captain Ramanayaka, and Senior Superintendent of Police Chandra Perera.