Srilanka, April 30 -- Colombo Additional Magistrate Manjula Ratnayake today (30) ordered that the examination of post-mortem evidence in the case of Nimesh Satsara-a youth who allegedly died after being assaulted in custody at the Welikada Police Station-will commence on May 16.

The Magistrate also ordered the issuance of summons to witnesses 1 to 5, as named in the complaint, to appear in court on the same date.

The order follows a request by officers from the Criminal Investigation Department's (CID) Mortuary Investigation Unit, who submitted a further report when the case was taken up today. The report stated that Satsara's body was exhumed on April 23 under a prior court order issued on April 17.

A second post-mortem examination w...