The CID has recovered the mobile phone of former national rugger player and Havelock's SC Captain Wasim Thajudeen, Police Spokesperson ASP Ruwan Gunasekara said.

A man working at a shop near the Shalika Grounds had reportedly picked the phone and given it to his son.

The phone was recovered from Agarapathana area in Nuwara Eliya District.

Wasim Thajudeen was killed in what was described a road accident in Colombo, in May 2012. However, the CID later said that the death was no accident.