Sri Lanka, April 17 -- The Colombo Magistrate's Court today ordered the exhumation of the body of Nimesh Sathsara, a youth who died while in police custody following his arrest by the Welikada Police.

The exhumation has been scheduled for April 23, to facilitate a new post-mortem examination on the youth's remains.

The order was issued by Colombo Additional Magistrate Mohamed Rizwan, following a request submitted by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

The CID informed the court that the Colombo Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) had requested legal permission to proceed with the exhumation and post-mortem on the specified date.

The Additional Magistrate also directed the Badulla Magistrate to provide the necessary assistance duri...