The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered to appoint a five-member committee of experts to prepare a report on the death of prominent businessman Dinesh Schaffter as contradictions were observed in the post-mortem reports.
The experts’ committee will comprise Judicial Medical Officers.
Earlier this week, the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court ordered the Colombo Chief Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) and the Government Analyst to preserve the body specimens of the 52-year-old if any such specimens have been obtained for testing or investigative purposes.
The Janashakthi PLC Director was found tied up in the driving seat of his car at the Borella cemetery on December 15, 2022, and was rushed to the ICU of the National Hospital in Colombo. He passed away while undergoing treatment.
Investigations had revealed that Schaffter had left home at Flower Road in Cinnamon Garden at around 2.00 p.m. on December 15, informing his wife and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of one of his companies that he was going to meet an individual who owes him a large sum of money.
