Prageeth Eknaligoda

Sri Lankan journalist and cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda went missing on 24 January 2010 whilst travelling to his home in Homagama, near the capital Colombo, shortly after leaving work at the Lanka-e-News office. Local residents told Sri Lankanpress that they saw a white van without number plates close to his house at around this time. Prageeth had been due toattend a religious ceremony on his way home that evening, but he called a colleague shortly beforehand to say that he could no longer attend as he had to travel to the Koswatte district of Colombo with an unnamed friend. During the conversation his phone cut out; this was the last contact anyone had with him. Since then his phone has not functioned. In the days leading up to his disappearance he had told a close friend that he believed he was being followed.