The Magisterial inquiry into the death of businessman Dinesh Schaffter was postponed till April 4 by Colombo Additional Magistrate T.N. Ilangasinghe yesterday.
The Additional Magistrate postponed the case due to the unavailability of the permanent Magistrate, who inquired into the case.
At the previous hearing, Colombo Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya had appointed a five-member committee comprising judicial and forensic medicine experts to determine the cause of death of Schaffter.
Accordingly, Prof. Asela Mendis, Prof. D.C.R Perera, Prof. D.N.P Fernando, Dr. Siva Subramaniam, and Dr. Rohan Ruwanpura were appointed to the investigation panel.
Since there were contradictions in the post-mortem report submitted regarding the death of Schaffter, the Magistrate had appointed this investigation committee to study it extensively and conclude the cause of death.
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