Thajudeen murder case: HC adjudicates case as key suspect dead

The case involving the suspicious death of rugby player Wasim Thajudeen was adjudicated in the Colombo High Court yesterday as former Chief JMO of Colombo Prof; Ananda Samarasekera who was the suspect in this case, had passed away.

High Court Judge Manjula Thilakaratne considering the submission made by the counsel who appeared in court on behalf of the relatives of the former JMO asserted that Prof Ananda Samarasekera had passed away.

Consequently the Judge closed further proceedings of the case.

The Attorney General had indicted the former JMO for covering up forensic evidence into the suspicious death of rugby player Thajudeen who died under suspicious circumstances near Shalika Grounds, Narahenpita. (By. T. Farook Thajudeen)