Court requires transparent procedure when designating five-member committee on Schaffter s death

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Colombo Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya has actually stated that she anticipates a transparent process to be followed when
suitable persons are being selected for the five-member committee due to be designated to assemble a report on the death of renowned
business person Dinesh Schaffter.Jayasuriya made this statement in open court today (22 Feb.), when the magisterial inquest relating to the
matter was used up and the appropriate facts were presented.The magistrate even more bought that the inquest in concern be employed court
next Monday, so as to report the development on the appointment of the five-member committee.On 17 February, Jayasuriya purchased the
consultation of a five-member expert committee to compile a report on Schaffters death, and called for a list of senior Judicial Medical
Officers (JMOs) from the Director General of Health Services, while the University Grants Commission (UGC) was likewise bought to send a
list of senior university speakers who specialise in forensic medicine.Upon getting the 2 lists, an experts committee will be appointed to
probe the matter as contradictions have been observed in the post-mortem reports.The Janashakthi PLC Director was discovered tied up in the
driving seat of his cars and truck at the Borella cemetery on 15 December 2022, and was hurried to the ICU of the National Hospital in
Colombo, where he passed away while undergoing treatment.