Elections official dies at polling booth

By Priyani Mangalika 

An official attached to the Panama Muslim Maha Vidyalaya polling booth in Kobeigane has died inside a toilet and his body was recovered this morning.

The deceased A.M. Azim (57) was an Agricultural Research and Production Assistant from the Mawathagama area.

Nikaweratiya Magistrate Chandana Liyanage who visited the scene and held the preliminary magisterial inquiry ordered police to refer the body to the JMO of the Nikaweratiya base hospital for a postmortem examination.

OIC Kobeigane Police CI Udaya Kumara is conducting further investigations on the instructions of ASP Jayantha Gunawardene and SP Wasantha Jayamina Kumara.