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Court to reveal cause of Schaffter’s death, today
A five-member experts’ committee, comprising Judicial Medical Officers, appointed to ascertain the actual cause of death of renowned businessman Dinesh Schaffter, yesterday (31) submitted its report on the multiple post-mortems to the Colombo Additional Magistrate’s Court.
The committee, chaired by Prof.. Asela Mendis of the University of Colombo, consists of Prof. D.C.R. Perera of Ruhuna University, Peradeniya University Pathologist Prof. D. Fernando, Peradeniya Hospital Senior Forensic Medical Officer S. Sivasubramaniam and Galle Karapitiya Hospital Senior Forensic Officer G.R. Ruwanpura.
The court is scheduled to announce its determination on the cause of the businessman’s death, based on the report received from the experts’ panel.
Schaffter’s body was found at the Borella kanatte in Dec. 2022. His body was buried at the Borella Public Cemetery but exhumed on 25 May on the order of Colombo Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya on the request of the expert medical committee.