On 10 November 2006 , Raviraj led a demonstration outside the UNICEF office in Colombo protesting against the Vaharai bombing in which 45 civilians were killed by army shelling . The following morning Raviraj took part in a live discussion on TV Derana between 7.00 am and 7.30 am . Afterwards he returned to his home in Manning Town , Narahenpita , had breakfast and changed for work . Raviraj had to drive to work himself as his driver was on leave . He had intended to use his wife 's car but finding its battery drained got into his Toyota Land Cruiser Prado ( reg WP KE 1279 ) . Raviraj 's police bodyguard Sergeant Lokuwellamurage Shantha Laxman Lokuwella got onto the passenger seat . At 8.39 am , as Raviraj was driving slowly down Martha Road and turning into Elvitigala Mawatha , a motorcycle ( reg JE 3507 ) coming from the opposite direction stopped nearby . The motorcycle 's passenger got down , removed his helmet , crossed the road and waited on the pavement with a bag over his shoulder . As Raviraj 's vehicle went past , the motorcycle passenger ripped open the shoulder bag and fired the T-56 hidden inside . Raviraj 's vehicle was hit from the front , side and rear at point blank range . After firing an entire magazine the assassin ran back to the motorcycle which then sped off , turning into Martha Road . The shoulder bag , with the T-56 inside , and the assassin 's helmet were left at the roadside . According to the police a rickshaw parked nearby also drove off after the shooting . They believed that its driver had been a lookout who had tipped off the assassins about the location of Raviraj 's vehicle using a mobile phone
Vaharai bombing
Vaharai bombing
Nadarajah Raviraj