Corpse of male person recovered from cemetery well in Vavuniyaa

[TamilNet, Monday, 21 July 2008, 15:35 GMT]
A highly decomposed corpse believed to be of a Tamil civilian beyond recognition was recovered from a well located in the general cemetery in Thedchchanakulam in Vavuniyaa Monday evening around 4:00 p.m. by the Vavuniyaa police on receipt of information from a Grama Sevaka Officer of the area, police sources said.

It was revealed at the preliminary investigation conducted by the police on the spot that the corpse could be of a male person about 40-50 years of age.

The corpse was handed over to the mortuary of the Vavuniyaa general hospital for identification and postmortem examination.