 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekupedza kosi yekudzidzisa vadzidzisi musi wa18 Zvita 1970, Wimalaratne akagadzwa semubatsiri wevadzidzisi muBazi reDzidzo kubva musi wa1 Ndira 1971 uye akabatanidzwa kuAbhayapura College muTrincomalee. Wimalaratne akasungwa pamusha pake musi wa 16 Kurume 1971 nemapurisa eTrincomalee achipomerwa kupindira mukupandukira kweJVP kwa1971uye akachengetwa muAnuradhapura. Asungwa, akaunzwa pamberi peDare raTrincomalee Magistrate vhiki mbiri dzose kuvambira pana 16 March 1971. Pana 18 April 1971, baba vake vakaenda kudare asi havana kubvumirwa kupinda mudare. Nokuda kwekupopotedzana naSgt Banda nababa vaWimalaratne mudare, gare gare manheru masikati Sergeant Banda akauya kumba mumotokari yaMorris Minor, uye baba vake vakaendeswa kunotora chirevo. Baba vake gare gare vakasungwa muhomwe, vakatambudzwa neutsi hwechili ndokutambudzwa kusvikira vafa. Miviri yevamwe vanofungidzirwa yakaendeswa kuNilaweli ndokupiswa mutsime rokutambudza ikoko. 