6 indicted over Raviraj assassination

Six men, including three former Sri Lankan navy personnel have been indicted on the Thursday over the murder of the Tamil politician Nadaraja Raviraj in 2006.

Mr Raviraj, a Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP  at the time, was shot dead by gunmen on a motorbike in November 2006, in Colombo.

Three men have absconded the proceedings, including two paramilitary men with Karuna's group.

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