 Arrest warrants were issued for Arul and Ravindra whom the police suspected had fled to LTTE controlled territory.The investigation stalled thereafter and no progress was made.Following the defeat of Rajapaksa at the presidential election in January 2015, the new government announced that it would re-investigate several unsolved high profile assassinations, including that of Raviraj, which occurred during Rajapaksa's nine-year reign.