Court's astonishment for the third time regarding the delay in Kapila Chandrasena's death reports

The Fort Magistrate's Court has drawn its serious attention to the delay in submitting laboratory reports, which are crucial evidence in the investigations into the suspicious death of former SriLankan Airlines CEO, Mr. Kapila Chandrasena. Fort Magistrate Mr. Pasan Amarasekara ordered the Government Analyst to explain the reasons for the delay in forwarding the relevant medico-legal reports to the Colombo Crime Division.

Previously, Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasekara, who severely criticized the slow nature of police investigations, had on October 14, ordered the court registrar to inform the Inspector General of Police in writing of his displeasure regarding the matter. He also similarly criticized the delay in the Government Analyst's report on unidentified drugs found, on July 8. However, it appears that the submission of these reports to the court is being delayed, perhaps due to some external force.

Concurrently, the Magistrate has ordered the Judicial Medical Officer to submit Mr. Kapila Chandrasena's complete post-mortem report to the court. Although many reports related to this death, which is believed to have occurred under suspicious circumstances, have already been received by the court, these orders were issued after investigating officers informed the court that reports related to four specific types of drugs found at the scene where his body was discovered after his death have not yet been received.

In addition to exploring physical evidence to determine the cause of death, investigators have now commenced a comprehensive examination of the deceased's digital data. Investigators informed the court that requests have been sent to two institutions, including a company located in Singapore, to retrieve data from the mobile phone used by Mr. Kapila Chandrasena. The relevant company has already informed the Colombo Crime Division via email that the data stored on that mobile phone will be securely preserved for the next three months.

To further facilitate digital investigations, the court also granted permission to investigators to issue an order to the relevant telecommunication service provider to convert the electronic SIM, or 'eSIM', in the said phone into a regular SIM card.

The Colombo Crime Division also submitted a further report to the court stating that responses have now been received to the requests made to the relevant parties based on previous court orders. The case related to this mysterious death is scheduled to be called again on December 2 for further hearing.