Ramesh Raju has become a hero to the shell-shocked congregation of the Zion evangelical church in Batticaloa after he died stopping a suicide bomber who was bent on killing hundreds of people.
Nearly a week after the bombing, the road leading to Raju’s house in the eastern city is flanked by posters and photographs of the 40-year-old father of two who blocked the attacker at the church door.
A stream of well-wishers queue to express condolences to his widow, a Sunday school teacher.
Raju was one of 29 people, including 14 children, that media reports say died in the blast at Zion, one of…
