Raviraj was Shot using weapon supplied by Pillayan

The Court was told yesterday that during the Magisterial Inquiry into the murder, a weapon allegedly supplied by Pillayan was used in the shooting of the former MP Nadaraja Raviraj.

The weapon has then been given to an individual named Charan, who then handed it over to another person, the court was also told. Anjelo Roy, a witness in the case, told the court that a man who was on the pavement approached Ravi Raj's car and shot at it. He had arrived in a motorbike and the motorcycle number was given to the police, Anjelo Roy also said. In November 2015, the CID filed charge sheets against six individuals over the murder of former Parliamentarian Nadarajah Raviraj under the instructions of the Attorney General. The six accused include two former LTTE (Karuna Faction) members, three Navy personnel and one individual from the police. Raviraj died after being shot on his way to work on November 10, 2006. One of his guards also died in the incident. Raviraj was 44 at the time of his death.