Srilanka, April 9 -- The Colombo Magistrate's Court has ordered the exhumation of the body of the young man who recently died while in police custody at the Welikada Police Station.

Colombo Additional Magistrate Keminda Perera issued the directive, instructing the Colombo Chief Judicial Medical Officer to conduct a comprehensive post-mortem examination. The examination is to be carried out by a medical committee comprising three specialist doctors, with a detailed report to be submitted thereafter.

The order was made following a request by the aggrieved party, amid growing concerns over the circumstances surrounding the death.

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