Video: Postmortem reveals Lankan woman killed in Kuwait

15 Nov 2015 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

The postmortem conducted on the death of a women who was employed in Kuwait, has revealed that her death was a result of brutal attacks made with blunt and sharp objects on her head, chest and neck.

The victim was identified as jayawathi Illangasinghe (50), a mother of two resident in Sathraweliya, Thalawa Road, Kakirawa.

On the order of the Negombo Magistrate's Court, the postmortem was conducted by the JMO of the Negombo Hospital Dr. Jayantha Wickramaratna.

The Victim Jayawathi had left for Kuwait on November 28 in 2012 through a job agency in Kurunegala registered with the Foreign Employment Bureau.

She had been allegedly killed on November 5 this year by the mentally challenged son of her employer.

It is also revealed by authorized sources the victim had been forced to give one of her kidney and her refusal to the request might have prompted the killing.

Foreign Employment Minister Thalatha Athukorala has ordered the SLFEB to conduct a special investigation into the matter.

Video by Nirmala Ferdinades

Breaking News

Video: Postmortem reveals Lankan woman killed in Kuwait

Most Popular Articles

More arrests of lawyers, politicians and senior police officers

Former National Lotteries Board Chairperson Shyamila Perera arrested

Girl visited her lover, gang raped by lover and his friends

Historic locomotive move between Kandy and Peradeniya without tracks

Updated World Test Championship standings after West Indies’ record win over Sri Lanka

12-hour water cut in Colombo and suburbs on Saturday

Latest News

Red notice fugitive in Akuregoda double murder extradited from Maldives

Army Commander reviews UN Peacekeeping contingent

Government committed to equipping children with modern skills: PM

Road access restricted in Riverston, Hatton–Nuwara Eliya road partially blocked: DMC

Train services remain suspended on Mannar, upcountry lines: DMC