Its public activities as a constituent part of university life came to a standstill after the assassination on September 21, 1989 of Rajini Thiranagama, a key founding member, for which the group blamed the LTTE.
Following Rajini Thiranagama's murder on September 21, 1989, who was a significant founding member, public activities of the organization within university life were suspended. The group suspected that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was responsible.