Case against ex-Defence Secretary and former IGP fixed for March

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Former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando	Former IGP Pujith Jayasundara

The Colombo High Court yesterday ordered that the case filed against former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara be taken up again on 23 March.

The case, instituted by the Attorney General, was called before the Colombo High Court during yesterday’s proceedings.

Both Fernando and Jayasundara appeared before Court when the matter was taken up. They are accused of criminal negligence and failing to prevent the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in 2019, despite having received prior intelligence warnings.

The Court fixed a further date to proceed with the case, which arises from investigations into lapses by senior officials ahead of the coordinated attacks that killed more than 260 people.