Sri Lanka, July 15 -- Following the death of a 75-year-old woman who owned a large property in the Kiriwawula area, crisis situation has arisen due to four parties claiming ownership of the body.
As a result, the body has had to be kept in the morgue of the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital for about a month.
Acting Coroner of the Udunuwara District, Senaka Karunaratne, has decided to release the body to no one until a Court order is obtained, as none of the four parties who came forward to perform the last rites of the deceased have been able to establish legal rights to the deceased.
A married couple and their children have been living on the upper floor of a two-storey house owned by this woman for about 16 years.
They have taken great ca...