President appoints committee to probe fishermen deaths

President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed a Committee to probe the deaths of fishermen in the wake of Friday’s cyclonic storm in which several other fishermen also went missing.

President Rajapaksa directed Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga to immediately take steps to appoint a Committee to examine the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the fishermen and the reasons as to why the affected persons were not informed of the impending severe weather conditions to be able to take precautionary measures.

The President requested that a report be submitted to him without delay.