Sri Lanka, April 17 -- The Colombo Magistrate's Court today (17) ordered the exhumation of the body of Nimesh Sathsara, a young man who died after being taken into custody by the Welikada Police.

The exhumation is scheduled for April 23 to conduct a post-mortem examination.

The order was issued by Colombo Additional Magistrate Mohamed Riswan after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) informed the court that the Colombo Judicial Medical Officer sought permission to exhume the body on that date.

The Additional Magistrate also instructed the Badulla Magistrate to provide necessary assistance during the exhumation process.

During the previous hearing, the Colombo Magistrate's Court had instructed the Colombo Chief Judicial Medical ...