Sri Lankan rugby star’s body exhumed as murder probe rocks election campaign...

Startling allegations about the grisly death of a Sri Lankan rugby star, a reported love triangle and the former ruling family have brought fresh controversy to the final week of campaigning in the country’s tight-fought elections.

The badly-charred body of Wasim Thajudeen has been exhumed from his grave in Colombo to examine it for evidence of torture amid a fresh investigation into his mysterious death three years ago.

Thajudeen, 28, a former national team rugby player, was found dead inside a burning car that apparently smashed into a wall in the capital Colombo in 2012. His death was registered as an accident after he was said to have lost control of the vehicle.

 The country was dominated at the time by President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his extended family. His youngest son Yoshitha captained the national rugby team for which Thajudeen had played before the two men allegedly had a dispute over a woman, according to local media reports. Full story...

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