Sources from Colombo stated that the husband of a British bride who died on her honeymoon in sri Lanka will be kept in the country at least until a formal hearing on the death is held on Wednesday. Police said Khilan Chandaria is not under arrest or facing a charge, but has been stopped from leaving sri Lanka since his wife Usheila Patel, 31, died on April 25.
Meanwhile the bride died just six days after her wedding and two days after the couple checked into a hotel in the resort town of Galle, south of the capital Colombo. As per report the couple's family has told British media that the newlyweds had suffered severe food poisoning. Apparently Chandaria, 33, was also taken ill. Police said an inquest hearing will be held on Wednesday when authorities expect toxicology reports ordered by a judicial medical officer.
A police official in Galle told "Chief Magistrate Harshana Kekunawela ordered the government analyst to provide all the necessary reports for the hearing on May 15”. Reportedly the body is still in the custody of the judiciary and kept at the Karapitiya hospital morgue and they married on April 19 and arrived in sri Lanka on April 23, just two days after the easter bombings at three luxury hotels in Colombo and three churches where 258 people were killed.
