Officials exhumed the body of Sumith Prasanna Jayawardena, who died from his injuries following a confrontation with police, in Embilipitiya on January 4.

The exhumation was carried out following a court order by the Embilipitiya Magistrate’s Court.

News 1st Provincial Correspondent Prasanna Gunasekera reported that the body, buried at the Public Cemetery in the Embilipitiya, was exhumed.

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