[1][2][3][4] He actively participated in the presidential campaign of common opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka while working as a freelance journalist for a pro-opposition website Lankaenews.com.
[5][6] Members of his family believe he has been abducted by pro-government supporters because he was investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons, charges that were denied by the government of Sri Lanka.
At a meeting in the United Nations Convention Against Torture in Geneva, Sri Lanka's then Attorney General Mohan Peiris dismissed the charges against government and said that Eknaligoda has sought asylum abroad.
Free Media Movement (FMM) Convener Sunil Jayasekara in a statement on the MPs allegations told[16]“We think the MP is using Parliamentary privileges and trying to mislead the people.
[19] In January 2016, Bodu Bala Sena leader was arrested after he disrupted court proceedings on Eknaligoda disappearance[20] Major Prabath Bulathwatte, who is alleged to be the leader of a death squad that assassinated Ekneligoda, was investigating Jihadists networks in Sri Lanka at the time of his arrest and his removal from the post is believed to have allowed the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter Bombings to happen.