Police today exhumed the body of an estate worker in Nuwara Eliya after revelations that the man had been murdered by his wife with a forceful shot on his his head with a hammer, despite previous claims that he died of a fall.
The worker Alugumale had reportedly slipped on a step on the way to his home and had injured himself last month and succumbed to his injuries. However, on a tip-off to the police investigations were carried out and a neighbour had confirmed that the man had been murdered
Following investigations carried out the wife was arrested was later confirmed that he was murdered.
The final rites of veteran broadcaster, writer, and lyricist Nirmala de Alwis will be held today at Peradeniya.
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