High Court Judge Manjula Thilakaratne considering the submission made by the counsel who appeared in court on behalf of the relatives of the former JMO asserted that Prof Ananda Samarasekera had passed away.
Consequently the Judge closed further proceedings of the case.
The Attorney General had indicted the former JMO for covering up forensic evidence into the suspicious death of rugby player Thajudeen who died under suspicious circumstances near Shalika Grounds, Narahenpita. (By. T. Farook Thajudeen)