The DNA reports confirmed that the remains exhumed on August 10 were those of former Havelocks Captain Wasim Thajudeen, Genetech informed Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris today.

The report filed with the court said that Fathima Fareeza Thajudeen is the biological mother of the individual whose DNA is in the piece of the bone with muscle attached from the first post mortem.

Furthermore, the report said that the piece of bone with muscle attachment of the first post mortem, the tested ribs taken from exhumed skeletal remains on August 10, 2015, and Fathima Fareeza Thajudeen cannot be excluded as originating from the same maternal lineage.