However the coroner at the district hospital said that the cause of death could not be determined from the post mortem and that Vijithan’s body was being sent to Colombo for genetic testing.
Vijithan was kept in the Sri Lankan government’s ‘rehabilitation’ programme for LTTE cadres from the end of war until three years ago when he was released to his family.
Mullaitivu police have also opened investigations into the sudden death of the young father of one.
