[TamilNet, Friday, 10 November 2006, 03:43 GMT]
Nadarajah Raviraj, Jaffna district Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian was shot in Colombo around 8:00 a.m. Friday. The MP succumbed to his wounds at Colombo National Hospital. A lawyer turned politician, former mayor of Jaffna, Mr. Raviraj, elected twice, has been an outspoken parliamentarian who voiced against the extra-judicial killings and forced disapperances in NorthEast and Colombo. The parliamentarian took part in a demonstration Thursday against the Sri Lanka Army shelling in Vaharai where 47 Tamil civilians, Internally Displaced from Trincomalee, were killed, Wednesday.
Nadarajah Raviraj MP
The shooting has taken place near the MPs residence at Manningtown, Narahenpitiya in Colombo while the MP was returning after attending an Interview to a Television.
Mr. Raviraj passed away at 9:20 a.m., according to Dr. Hector Weerasinghe.
His boduguard was pronounced dead on admission.