Court orders handover of bodies of 84 Iranian sailors to embassy

Colombo, March 11 (Daily Mirror) - The Chief Magistrate of Galle, Sameera Dodangoda, has ordered the Director of Galle National Hospital to hand over the bodies of 84 Iranian sailors currently kept at the hospital to officials of the Embassy of Iran in Sri Lanka.

The order was issued this morning (11) after the Galle Port Police made a request to the Galle Chief Magistrate's Court.
The bodies are presently being stored in two mobile cold storage units at the hospital premises.