JMO Discloses Cause of Vidya’s Death

While  cycling to school  18-year-old Vidya Shivaloganathan was  raped and  murdered along the 9th lane in Punkudithivu, Kayts of the Jaffna Province, on 13^th May  2015.

The trial at bar comprised of the Vavuniya High Court Judge, Balendran Shashi Mahendran, Jaffna High Court Judge,  Manickavasagar Illancheliyan, and the Trincomalee High Court Judge, Annalingam Premshankar was appointed to hear this murder case.

The Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) of the Jaffna Hospital testified before the Trial at Bar and  explained that Vidya Shivaloganathan died of suffocation caused by strangling, as well as a blow to the back of the head, which had resulted in an internal brain bleed.

Officers of the Attorney General’s Department confirmed before the panel of judges that the murder of Vidya was a premeditated execution.