Sri Lanka, March 26 -- The Court of Appeal has set aside the judgment delivered by the Colombo High Court acquitting five defendants, including Sri Lanka Navy personnel, in connection with the killing of former TNA Member of Parliament Nadaraja Raviraj in 2006.

Accordingly, the Court of Appeal has ordered that a fresh trial be conducted into the case, according to Ada Derana reporter.

The judgment was delivered by a Court of Appeal bench comprising Justices Sasi Mahendran and Amal Ranaraja, following the hearing of an appeal filed by the Attorney General challenging the Colombo High Court's decision to acquit the defendants.

The late Parliamentarian Nadarajah Raviraj who represented the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) from the Jaffna Dis...