An Indian national who was killed during a deadly riot at a prison in Sri Lanka’s western coastal town of Negombo in July was buried under special police protection, authorities said.
He had arrived in Sri Lanka on March 2 and was arrested on allegations of possessing ganja. He was subsequently remanded in Negombo prison, where he was killed during the violence that broke out among inmates on July 5 and 6, the reports said.
The CID also informed Chief Magistrate Shilani Perera that the clothes and footwear worn by the victim at the time of his death have been handed over to the court for forensic examination.
The victim, identified as Unnikrishnan S, was from Kerala but had been living with his family in Chennai for more than four decades, according to media reports.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) told the Negombo Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday that the burial of the 73-year-old inmate on September 2 was carried out in accordance with the court’s directive and at state expense.
