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West Indies Test captain Jason Holder, limited-overs captain Kieron Pollard, and Test vice-captain Roston Chase are among ten players who have pulled out of the upcoming tour of Bangladesh amid Covid-19 concerns.
Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, Sheldon Cottrell, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer and Nicholas Pooran are the other players who declined the opportunity to tour due to Covid-19 related concerns or personal fears, according to a CWI release.
Allrounder Fabian Allen and wicketkeeper-batsman Shane Dowrich were unavailable because of personal reasons.
In the absence of Holder, opening batsman Kraigg Brathwaite will lead the Test side; he had also captained the Test team when they last toured Bangladesh in 2018. The ODI squad will be led by Jason Mohammed, who last played for West Indies in 2018.
Sunday Times - Court orders to cremate bodies of another four victims of Mahara prison unrest sundaytimes.lk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sundaytimes.lk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Asiri Fernando
The five-member expert committee appointed to investigate the unrest at Mahara Prison on 29 November that left 11 prisoners dead, submitted its final report to Justice Minister Ali Sabry yesterday.
The report was handed over to the Justice Minister by Committee Chairperson and retired High Court judge Sarojini Kusala Weeawardena. The committee was appointed on 30 November and it submitted an interim report on 7 December.
The incident resulted in the death of eleven inmates who were in the custody of the Mahara Prison and caused injuries to 107 in the facility, including two Prison officers, the Police said. A protest by prisoners and remand detainees regarding overcrowding at the Mahara facility and the seeking PCR testing for COVID-19 spiralled out of control leading to the unrest.
SJB points out AG faulted IGP over Mahara riot
By Shamindra Ferdinando
Investigations into the Mahara prison riot that claimed the lives of 11 inmates and wounded over 100 recently have taken a new turn with eight post mortems conducted so far revealing that all of them died of gunshot injuries.
In the run-up post-mortems conducted by a five-member team comprising four consultant judicial medical officers and a ballistic expert from the Government Analyst’s Department, both police headquarters and the Office of the Commissioner General of Prisons repeatedly alleged that the deaths were due to fierce clashes among remanded suspects and convicted prisoners.