Sagarika Gomes

Sagarika Gomes was a Sri Lankan newscaster and artist. An aspiring artiest, she worked for Rupavahini Corporation, the state run television channel. During the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection, employees of the Rupavahini Corporation and the Independent Television Network were ordered by an offshoot of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), the Patriotic Liberation Organization (Deshapremi Janatha Viyaparaya) led by Saman Piyasiri Fernando to suspend news casting. Under threat, many of the newscasters refused to present the evening news. Deputy Minister of Information, A. J. Ranasinghe approach Sagarika Gomes to undertake presenting the evening news. She accepted and undertook the evening news. on 13 September 1989, she was kidnapped from her home by angroup of armed men. She was then taken to the beach, raped and killed. He murders were ever identified, and the JVP had been blamed for it.