The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has ordered the exhumation of the body of the 26-year-old youth who died while in police custody at the Welikada Police Station recently, to facilitate a fresh postmortem examination by a panel of three specialist doctors.

The directive was issued by Additional Magistrate Kemintha Perera, following a request made by the aggrieved party. The court instructed the Chief Judicial Medical Officer of Colombo to carry out a full and independent postmortem and submit a report.

The youth, who was arrested on April 1, 2025, for allegedly entering a residence in the Nawala area, was reported to have exhibited riotous behavior while in Police custody. He was later admitted to the National Institute of Mental Health in Mulleriyawa, where he died in the early hours of April 2.

Police claimed the fatal injuries were self-inflicted and that the youth was not in a stable mental condition at the time.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has voiced serious concern over the incident. In a statement, BASL President Attorney-at-Law Rajeev Amarasuriya raised alarm over the circumstances surrounding the death and highlighted its broader implications on law enforcement accountability and public confidence in the justice system. (Newswire)

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A Sub-Inspector of the Welikada Police has been remanded over the death of a maid while in Police custody.

According to reports, the Sub-Inspector was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and remanded till September 11 after being produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court. 

Rajan Rajeswari, the domestic help of a Sri Lankan female teledrama producer, allegedly died while in the custody of the Welikada Police.

The 42-year-old woman from Demodara, Badulla, was arrested and interrogated by the Police after the Sri Lankan female teledrama producer had filed a complaint over a theft at her residence on May 11, 2023.

The domestic help had suddenly fallen ill, showing signs of difficulty in breathing, while being interrogated by the Welikada Police. She passed away after being admitted to the Colombo National Hospital. 

Upon suspicions being raised by the victim’s relatives, alleging that she had been subjected to assault, the Colombo Additional Magistrate Harshana Kekunawala ordered the CID to arrest the suspects linked to the maid’s death.

According to the findings in the post-mortem report, the cause of death was ruled as hemorrhagic shock caused by damage to the deceased’s muscles after being attacked with a blunt weapon or similar force.

The verdict on the case was delivered after careful examination of evidence and the findings in the post-mortem report submitted by the Judicial Medical Officer. (NewsWire)

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