Remains of those killed in 2019 Sainthamaruthu blasts to be exhumed

The Kalmunai Magistrate’s Court has granted permission to exhume the remains of those who were killed in the 2019 bomb explosion in Sainthamaruthu for re-examination of DNA.

By re-examining the DNA, the investigators intend to find out whether the remains of Pulasthini Mahendran alias Sara Jasmine, a converted Islamic extremist and part of Zahran Hashim’s terror group, are among those who died inside the Sainthamaruthu safe house raided on the 26th of April 2019.

Days after the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks, several including children were killed in a bomb explosion inside a house at Sainthamaruthu in Kalmunai on the 26th of April.