Biography
Sahilal Sarachandran, Nadarasa Yogarasa, Sathajhan Sarachandran, and Thiruthanikan Thanigasalam were involved in a conspiracy to provide material support to the Tamil Tigers by purchasing weapons from an undercover FBI agent.
Case characteristics: FBI sting operation, FBI confidential informant, cooperated with prosecutors. Organization referenced in charging documents: Tamil Tigers.
Case data and description from The Intercept's Trial and Terror project (Trevor Aaronson and Margot Williams), licensed CC BY-NC. Source: https://github.com/theintercept/trial-and-terror-data
Photo: FedRAP Network; original photographer not identified. Original-image crop; identified by the source (portrait attached to SATHAJHAN SARACHANDRAN, prisoner 64076-053; name and number match the database). Source: https://fedrap.com/terror . Non-free image used at low resolution under this site's educational/memorial fair-use rationale; not an open-license or permission claim.
Duration consistency review October 13, 2026: The stored exact day count has been cleared because this case does not have verified day-precision confinement endpoints or an independently documented exact number of days served. Existing approximate durations and sentencing descriptions are retained. No missing date has been guessed.
