Wasim Thajudeen murder case HC adjudicates case as key suspect dead

• Consequently the Judge closed further proceedings of the case

B y. T. Farook Thajudeen

The case involving the suspicious death of rugby player Wasim Thajudeen was adjudicated in the Colombo High Court yesterday as former Chief JMO of Colombo Prof; Ananda  Samarasekera who was the suspect in this case, had passed away.   

High Court Judge Manjula Thilakaratne considering the  submission made by the counsel who appeared in court on behalf of the  relatives of the former JMO asserted that Prof Ananda Samarasekera had  passed away.   

Consequently the Judge closed further proceedings of the case.   The Attorney General had indicted the former JMO  for covering up forensic evidence into the suspicious  death of rugby player Thajudeen who died under suspcious   circumstances near Shalika Grounds, Narahenpita.