Body of prisoner who had died during Jamboree, released
By Chrishanthi Christopher-
The body of the 42-year-old prisoner who had died on Saturday (8) at the Rover Scout Jamboree organized by the Prisons Department, held last weekend, was released to the family for burial, the spokesperson of the Prisons Department said yesterday.
At the request of the family, the body had been handed over to them, he added.
Judicial Medical Officer (JMO), Nuwara Eliya, Dr. G. Kumarasinghe, told Ceylon Today that, the results of the post-mortem will be released in three weeks. "We would be able to ascertain the cause of death only after the report is submitted. Until such time, the body would be released for burial but it would not be cremated," Dr. Kumarasinghe said.
According to the Deputy Prisons Commissioner (Operations), G.B.Kulatunge, the jamboree was organized as a means of recreation for the inmates of the prisons, in which around 421 of them had participated in the first ever Rover Scout Jamboree organized by the Prisons Department. It was held at the Pedro Estate, Nuwara Eliya. "There were no hardcore prisoners. All those who had participated were those who had committed minor offences," he further said.
By Chrishanthi Christopher-The body of the 42-year-old prisoner who had died on Saturday (8) at the Rover Scout Jamboree organized by the Prisons Department, held last weekend, was released to the family for burial, the spokesperson of the Prisons Department said yesterday.
At the request of the family, the body had been handed over to them, he added.
Judicial Medical Officer (JMO), Nuwara Eliya, Dr. G. Kumarasinghe, told Ceylon Today that, the results of the post-mortem will be released in three weeks. "We would be able to ascertain the cause of death only after the report is submitted. Until such time, the body would be released for burial but it would not be cremated," Dr. Kumarasinghe said.
According to the Deputy Prisons Commissioner (Operations), G.B.Kulatunge, the jamboree was organized as a means of recreation for the inmates of the prisons, in which around 421 of them had participated in the first ever Rover Scout Jamboree organized by the Prisons Department. It was held at the Pedro Estate, Nuwara Eliya. "There were no hardcore prisoners. All those who had participated were those who had committed minor offences," he further said.
