Three arrested for Raviraj killing

31 March 2015 05:58 am

Three Navy personnel were arrested and detained by the CID in connection with the killing of TNA Parliamentarian Nadarajah Raviraj and a policeman in 2006, police said today.

The parliamentarian was shot dead by gunmen in Colombo in 2006 November.

Spokesman ASP Ruwan Gunasekara said the arrested were being interrogated under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

“The three soldiers including two officers will also be interrogated over the incidents of disappearance of several youth reported in 2006,” he said.(DS)