The aggrieved party of late Sri Lankan businessman Dinesh Schaffter have highlighted several contradictions in the postmortem report.
According to the Daily Mirror, the aggrieved party of the late businessman informed the Colombo Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya yesterday in this regard.
They informed the Magistrate that they have noticed several contradictions and inconsistencies in the postmortem report compiled by the Colombo Judicial Medical Officer.
President’s Counsel Anuja Premaratne appearing for the aggrieved party told the court the initial postmortem report had suggested that death was due to strangulation.
Premaratne pointed out that, however, the final postmortem report submitted to the court has concluded that Schaffter’s death was due to the ingestion of cyanide, contradicting the initial report.
Taking into consideration the facts, Colombo Additional Magistrate announced that the verdict of the inquest into the death of businessman Dinesh Schaffter would be delivered on 08th March 2023.
The aggrieved party of late businessman Dinesh Schaffter has raised concerns after the court was informed by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) that the death of the businessman was a result of the ingestion of cyanide.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate was informed that the post-mortem examination report has also concluded that the injuries caused to Schaffter by strangulation were not fatal.
The facts were presented by the Homicide and Organized Crime Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) before Colombo Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya yesterday.
The 52-year-old Dinesh Schaffter was found tied up in the driving seat of his car at the Borella cemetery on December 15, 2022, and died due to a cardiac arrest while receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital.
The Homicide and Organised Crimes Division of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is conducting investigations in collaboration with the Borella police into Schaffter’s death. (NewsWire)