Bones have been unearthed in farm land in Pandariyaveli in Batticaloa by the Kokkaddicholai police, reports Uthayan.
According to the paper, the police are suspecting the discovery is that of human bones, with one fragment representing a bone in the wrist.
A shirt, a burnt towel and a fisherman's identity card, with the name and photo illegible due to decay, were found along side the bones, the police said.
Police also suspect that this discovery may be linked to a skull found previously in the same area.
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