Three Navy personnel arrested over Raviraj killing

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Three Navy personnel were arrested and detained by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with the murder of Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarian Nadarajah Raviraj which happened in 2006 November. The Parliamentarian was shot dead by gunmen in Colombo and later died in hospital. Spokesman ASP Ruwan Gunasekara told media that the arrested were being interrogated under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and that two of them are no longer serving in the Sri Lanka Navy. One of Raviraj’s guards, Sgt. Lakshman Lokuwella, was also killed in the attack. Raviraj was elected to Parliament in the 2001 general election for the first time representing Jaffna district and was re-elected in 2004. He was 44 at the time of death. His murder took place within one year of the killing of veteran Eastern Province Parliamentarian Joseph Pararajasingham.

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