The Attorney General has indicted seven defendants including Lieutenant Colonels Shammi Karunaratne and Prabodha Siriwardena over the abduction of journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda. Eknaligoda, who was a cartoonist, political analyst and journalist, was reported missing on January 24, 2010, two days before the presidential election. The CID had previously arrested several army intelligence members including high-ranking officers in connection with the mysterious disappearance of the journalist.