Dinesh Schaffter’s autopsy inquiry postponed

• The case was postponed due to the unavailability of  the permanent Magistrate who inquired into the post mortem inquiry  yesterday

By T.  Farook Thajudeen  

The Magisterial inquiry into the suspicious death of Businessman Dinesh Schaffter was postponed for March 22, 2023 by Colombo Chief Magistrate Prasanna Alwis yesterday.

The case was postponed for a further date due to the unavailability of the permanent Magistrate who inquired into the post mortem inquiry yesterday.  

 On the previous inquiry date Magistrate Rajindra Jayasooriya appointed a five-member expert committee of doctors in the Forensic Medicine field and in the medical field to probe and determine the cause or causes into the death of entrepreneur Dinesh Schaffter’s death on 15 December 2022.  

The panel comprising of Prof. Asela Mendis, Prof. D.C.R. Perera, Prof. D.N.P. Fernando, Dr. Siva Subramaniam and Dr. Rohan Ruwanpura were to examine and to decide the cause of Dinesh Schaffter’s death and to submit a report to the court yesterday.  

Magistrate Rajindra Jayasooriya made this order since there were contradictions in the post-mortem report submitted earlier to the court, regarding the death of Dinesh Schaffter. 

 
Dinesh Schaffter was found unconscious and tied inside his vehicle at the General Cemetery in Borella on 15 December, 2022  and was rushed to the ICU of the National Hospital in Colombo.

• There were contradictions in the post-mortem report submitted earlier to the court