[5][7][8][9] Disturbed by the Black July anti-Tamil riots, Vasanthan joined the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 1983 as a driver.

[10] On 5 July 1987 the LTTE filled a truck with explosives and wedged Miller's body into the driver's seat so that he couldn't move even if he wanted to.

[14] Miller steered the explosive filled truck into the army camp at Nelliady Madhya Maha Vidyalayam.

Miller was most likely killed at the first barricades when soldiers opened fire but the truck kept going, ramming into the main school building and exploding.

[13][21] After the Sri Lankan military re-captured the Vadamarachchi region in 1996 they destroyed Miller's shrine but locals managed to save and hide his statue.

[23] The remnants of the shrine – the dais on which Miller's statue stood and stone memorial plaque – were destroyed by the army on 4 July 2010.