6 February 2022 11:43 am Views - 9247
One of the two bodies discovered on the Wellawatte beach yesterday has been identified as that of the missing Maldivian national.
The Police recovered two unidentified male dead bodies on the beach at Wellawatte in Colombo on Saturday.
22-year-old Afham Naseer (23) from Dh.Kudahuvadhoo was reported missing on Saturday, according to the Maldivian media.
A member of his family who spoke to ‘Sun’ stated that the Sri Lankan authorities have confirmed his body was found near a railway track in Dehiwala beach area.
“The Sri Lankan intelligence revealed to me that his body was found with a knife and had wounds on his neck,” said the family member.
Additionally, the family revealed that authorities brought in the last person who met Afham and confirmed that the body found was his.
Although a knife was found with his body, the family does not believe that he inflicted the wounds himself.