Sri Lanka decides to probe 108-year-old murder

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka has decided to appoint a committee to investigate a killing that took place 108 years.

The Cabinet of Ministers reached a decision on Monday (11), to appoint a three-member committee chaired by Anil Gunarathna, retired Supreme Court Judge, to conducting an investigation on the killing Edward Henry Pedris 108 years ago by a decision of the colonial court-martial.

According to the Department of Government Information Edward Henry Pedris, who was 27 years of age at the time, was brought before a military court and convicted of treason by the colonial administration of Sri Lanka accusing him of rioting and treason against the government.

On the 7th of July 1915 he was sentenced to death, ignoring all appeals. 

The body of the late Henry Pedris has been cremated at an undisclosed location following the procedure prescribed for the  cremation of a convicted criminal under martial law, added the statement.

It was later revealed that he was killed as a result of a plan carried out by the senior officials who ruled the country at the time. 

As such the Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by the President to appoint a three-member committee chaired by Anil Gunarathna, retired Supreme Court Judge, to reveal the information about this , study the relevant matters and submit a report with recommendations to the Cabinet of Ministers in order to bring justice to him.