Dinesh Schaffter murder: CID takes over investigation

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Criminal Investigations Department is probing the murder of Colombo-based businessman Dinesh Schaffter. A CID team was at the Borella Cemetary on Friday (16) morning for an inquiry.

Businessman Dinesh Schaffter was found with his limbs bound and choked inside his car at the Borella Public Cemetary, and died on Thursday (15) night at the National Hospital while being treated in the ICU.

He had told his wife that he was heading to Borella on Thursday (15), and Sri Lanka Police said that multiple calls made by his wife went unanswered.

After tracing the phone to the Public Cemetary in Borella, the wife of the late Dinesh Schaffter had called his work place and informed of the matter.

An employee was rushed to the Public Cemetary, where he found Dinesh Schaffter bound and bruised inside the car.

The employee together with a cemetary worker had then admitted Dinesh Schaffter to the Colombo National Hospital.

51-year-old Dinesh Schaffter, was a resident of Flower Road, Colombo 7.

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