Wasim Thajudeen
| Date of death | (aged 28) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| School | S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Youth Career | |||
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| – | Sri Lanka U19 | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2005-09 | Havelock Sports Club | () | |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Comps | |
| 2007-08 | Sri Lanka | 2008 Hong Kong Sevens | |
Mohammed Wasim Thajudeen (died 17 May 2012) was a Sri Lankan rugby union player who played for Havelock Sports Club and the national team. Thajudeen was killed in a car crash which was initially pronounced to be an accident but is currently being investigated as a murder.
Thajudeen was educated at S. Thomas' Preparatory School and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. He played rugby for the latter between 2001 and 2003, serving as vice captain in 2003. He played for the national under 19 schools team in 2003.
After school Thajudeen played for Havelock Sports Club. He represented the Sri Lankan national team at the 2008 Hong Kong Sevens. He was appointed captain of Havelock in 2009. In July 2009 Thajudeen won the "Most Popular Rugby Player" award at the 2008 Caltex Observer Rugby Awards. An injury forced him to stop playing. He was planning to make a comeback in 2012 when he was killed.
Thajudeen worked in the travel/tourism industry, at Mackinnons American Express Travel between 2003 and 2011 and at Citrus Vacations from 2011 till his death.
Thajudeen was killed on 17 May 2012 following what appeared to be a car crash. He was 28. According to the police Thajudeen had been driving to the airport when, around 1.00am, he lost control of his car and crashed into the wall of the Shalika grounds on Park Road, Narahenpita, resulting in the car exploding. Thajudeen was buried in the grounds of Dehiwala Mosque. It has been alleged that before his death he was in conflict with a 'young politician' of the Rajapaksa administration over the acquisition of the Havelocks Sports Club. The death was surrounded by mystery with wild rumours and speculations. There are allegations that Thajudeen was killed following a dispute with people related to a powerful member of the Rajapaksa government.
In February 2015, following a change in government, the police announced that Thajudeen's death was not accidental and that the investigation had been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). According to the police the Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) had found the death to be suspicious. In May 2015 the Colombo Additional Magistrate ordered the JMO to hand over to the CID all photographs and notes relating to Thajudeen's death. The CID informed the magistrate in June 2015 that the post mortem and the Government Analyst's (GA) report were contradictory and that they had asked the Attorney General for instructions as to how to proceed. The magistrate ordered the four JMOs who visited the scene of the accident and conducted the post mortem to hand over their reports to the court. He also ordered mobile phone operators and the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission to hand over call records for 17 May 2012 for Thajudeen's mobile phone. In July 2015 Dialog Telekom informed the magistrate that they could not retrieve Thajudeen's mobile phone records due to "technical and practical limitation".
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