Skeleton of male person recovered from Thalvupadu sea shore

[TamilNet, Monday, 02 October 2006, 12:31 GMT]
A human skeleton recovered from Thalvupadu sea shore in Mannar district Sunday evening was handed over to the Mannar general hospital by the Mannar Police. On a tip off from members of the public the Mannar Police rushed to the coast and recovered the skeleton said to be of a male person.

Mannar additional magistrate T.J.Pirapaharan inspected the skeleton in the hospital and instructed the hospital authorities to keep it in the mortuary for three days for identification by members of the public and thereafter buries it with government expense, legal sources said.

Mannar Police began inquiry into the incident.