Since January 26, 2009, Eknaligoda has remained missing despite an ongoing police investigation. Eknaligoda writes a critical column in the local papers and is a political cartoonist. He disappeared when returning home from his office. He had been abducted in August of last year but was released within hours of the police detaining him. His disappearance has been noted by Reporters sans Frontieres, Cartoonists Rights Network International, and Article 19.