• The reason given for the order was to determine whether Schaffter has named a third party as the beneficiary of the two policies

By nimanthi ranasinghe

Colombo Additional Magistrate Mrs. Rajindra Jayasuriya ordered two private insurance companies yesterday (08) to suspend two local insurance policies belonging to Dinesh Schaffter for a period of one week. The reason given for the order was to determine whether Schaffter has named a third party as the beneficiary of the two policies. Schaffter was a director of Janashakthi Group.

Accordingly, the magistrate ruled that this was a crime and ordered the Director of the Criminal Investigation Department to immediately arrest the suspects involved and bring them to court. Schaffter, was found strangled in his own car at the Borella Public Cemetery on December 15, 2022. He later died that night after being admitted to the Colombo National Hospital.