DNA Report Confirms Body Parts Recovered From SAITM Do Not Belong To Thajudeen

ENETECH, the institution charged with preparing a DNA report on the twenty-six body parts found stored at the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) has confirmed that the body parts do not belong to Wasim Thajudeen.

On October 6, the Colombo Additional Magistrate ordered body parts found at SAITM to be sent to ENTECH for DNA testing to ascertain if the body parts belonged to rugger player Wasim Thajudeen who died in what was assumed to be a car crash on May 17, 2012. 

Wasim Thajudeen's death is now being investigated as a murder. Former Western Province Senior DIG Anura Senanayake was arrested for allegedly covering up the Thajudeen murder on May 23, 2018. He was further remanded by the Colombo Magistrate till April 18.