By: Isuru Parakrama
Colombo (LNW): The remains of Dinesh Schaffter, a renowned businessperson who died under mysterious circumstances, are to be exhumed today (25).
The late businessman’s remains will be exhumed based on a request made to the Court by the Committee of Medical Experts appointed to investigate his death, Police Spokesperson SSP Nihal Thalduwa said.
Subsequent to the exhuming of Schaffter’s remains, Police security has been provided around his grave at the Borella Public Cemetery.
On December 15, 2022, Schaffter was found with his hand tied and strangled inside his own car near the Borella Public Cemetery and was pronounced dead after being hospitalised.
The Homicide and Organised Crimes Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is conducting investigations into the death of Schaffter.