The Colombo Chief Magistrate directed the Sri Jayawardenapura Hospital Director to submit a report on the sections of the skull that were removed during the surgical operation on Mr. Duminda Silva’s head, which had gunshot injuries during the Mulleriyawa shooting on October 8, 2011.

Magistrate Prasanna Alwis gave this order when Mr. Silva’s bodyguard in his evidence said Mr. Silva was operated on at the Sri Jayawardenapura Hospital after the shooting, which killed presidential adviser Baratha Lakshman Premachandra.

The bodyguard Anura Thushara de Mel told court that parts of Mr. Silva’s skull were removed. (TFT)