(MENAFN- Khaleej Times)Sri Lankan investigators on Monday exhumed the body of a former international rugby player whose mysterious death three years ago was ruled an accident but is now suspected to have been a murder in which ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa's son is implicated.
Wasim Thajudeen was found dead in May 2012 inside a burning car that appeared to have crashed into a wall. Authorities reopened the case after a new president was elected in January to replace Rajapaksa following accusations that police had covered up the incident. Rajapaksa has denied any involvement by his son Yoshitha 28 who is also a former member of Sri Lanka's rugby union team. The former president says the allegations mainly by members of the current ruling party are politically motivated to discredit him ahead of parliamentary elections next week. Rajapaksa is contesting for prime minister in a bid to revive his political career.
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