Srilanka, April 23 -- The body of 26-year-old Muthuwadiyage Sathsara Nimesh, who died on April 2 while in Welikada police custody, was exhumed today (23) for a second post-mortem examination.

The exhumation took place in the presence of Badulla Magistrate Nujith de Silva and a three-member medical board appointed to conduct the new examination. The body had been buried in Pahalagedara, Migahakivula.

Following his death, residents of Meegahakivula and surrounding areas staged a silent protest on April 7, demanding justice for Nimesh, a resident of Thuruliya Sevana, Pahalagedara. He reportedly died after being arrested and later hospitalized under police custody.

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