Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris allowed the exhumation of the body of former Sri Lankan rugby player Wasim Thajudeen on August 10.

 

The exhumation will be carried out in the presence of a panel of Judicial Medical Officers, including the Chief JMO of Colombo Ajith Tennakoon.

 

The CID, along with the AG’s Department, made a representation at the courts yesterday. Filing a report to the court, the CID said that it needs to obtain an analytical report on bone fractures on Thajudeen’s body.

 

The Additional Magistrate announced that he will give his decision today after considering the request.

 

Wasim Thajudeen, a former Captain of Havelock’s SC and a national rugger player, died in 2012 in what was then described as an accident. However, the CID recently informed courts that his death did not occur due to an accident.