Mount Lavinia Magistrate Has Ordered To Exhume The Body Of Assassinated Former Sunday Leader Editor

The Mount Lavinia Magistrate Court has today (08) ordered the exhumation of the remains of assassinated former editor of the Sunday Leader Paper Lasantha Wikramathunge on 27th of September from his Burial Grounds at Borella Cemetery.

Mount Lavinia Magistrate has made this order as per the request made by Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to exhume the body of the former Editor who was shot and killed while on his way to office on January 2009.

CID has requested the court to exhume the body of assassinated former editor due to contradictions arrived among st Autopsy Report of the victim ,Surgeons Report and Government Analyst's Report on the murder it has been reported.

Army Intelligence Officer was arrested and remanded over the killing of the victim.