Cika wannan jumla: A 1983, a matsayin colonel yana aiki a matsayin Kwamandan (Operations), Colombo lokacin da
Rikicin Black Yuli ya barke a cikin birni da kewaye. A watan Satumbar 1983, ya zama Kwamandan, Kwamandan Arewa a Jaffna Peninsula. A can aka kashe shi a ranar 19 ga Nuwamba, 1984, lokacin da jeep dinsa ya buge wani ramin ƙasa a kan hanyar Vallai-Tellipalai-Araly a Tellippalai, Jaffna. A wancan lokacin shi ne babban jami'in Sojoji da aka kashe a yayin da yake aikinsa kuma an ba shi mukamin Brigadier bayan rasuwarsa kuma an sanya masa sunan Brigadier Ariyapperuma Memorial Hall a sansanin Sojojin Kuruwita a hedkwatar rundunar Gemunu Watch.