Her husband had told her that he was on a hit list and that he was receiving threats that warned him to stop writing. He was investigating corruption when he was kidnapped and returned in 2009.[2] She became actively involved after her husband and prominent journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda disappeared in 2010 when he was investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons against civilians by the Sri Lankan army in the fight against the Tamil rebels.[3][4][5][6][7]