Body washed ashore, buried in Mannar

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 07 November 2006, 01:14 GMT]
The body of an unidentified male person washed ashore in Talaimannar coast Sunday was buried at the government expense Monday on the orders of the Mannar Additional Magistrate Mr.T.J.Pirapaharan, legal sources in Mannar said.

Talaimannar Police removed the body on receipt of information from the public and handed it over to the Mannar general hospital.

No one came forward to claim the body, hospital sources said.

Post-mortem examination revealed that the person had died due to drowning, said a report submitted to the court by the Talaimannar Police.