CID searches SAITM hospital for missing bones of Thajudeen

October 3, 2016, 9:49 pm 

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and other experts yesterday searched the laboratory and museum of the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) where missing body parts of Wasim Thajudeen were allegedly kept.

The police conducted the search after having obtained a court order.

Colombo Additional Magistrate Nilantha Peiris earlier instructed the Forensic Faculty, Judicial Medical Institute and the Lady Ridgeway Hospital to assist the CID.

Earlier the court was told by the Attorney General’s Department that former Colombo Chief JMO Professor Ananda Samarasekera had removed several boxes of body parts from mortuary freezers of the Colombo JMO office to SAITM.

Prof. Samarasekera is the Vice Chancellor of SAITM

Dr. Sameera Senaratne, Director, Dr. Neville Fernando hospital, at SAITM last evening told The Island that the institution fully cooperated with the visiting team of investigators. Responding to a query, Dr. Senaratne said that the team had removed some items. The spokesperson insisted that contrary to allegations there hadn’t been items illegally kept within its premises and SAITM would continue to cooperate with authorities (SF)