10 August 2016 04:23 pm
According to the inquiry conducted by the Emergency Raids Unit of the Ministry, the Secretary confirmed that the former JMO was responsible for the missing body parts.
The inquiry was carried out upon a court order over the body parts of Wasim Thajudeen that had gone missing after the first autopsy.
Thajudeen was murdered on May 17, 2012 under the disguise of a fatal road accident.
The Secretary informed Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris that the former JMO had retired officially from his position in June 2013 and continued to serve as the JMO until the appointment of current JMO Ajith Tennakoon, therefore to direct the CID to carry further legal actions against Mr. Samarasekara. (Shehan Chamika Silva)