Srilanka, June 30 -- The Colombo High Court has scheduled a rehearing of the case against former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara for criminal dereliction of duty in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday terrorist attacks.

The case was taken up today (June 30) before High Court Judges Namal Balalle and Mohamed Irshadeen, who announced that the retrial will commence on July 28.

Fernando and Jayasundara are accused of failing to act on prior intelligence warnings, which could have helped prevent the deadly attacks. Although they were previously acquitted by a three-judge High Court bench, the Attorney General appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing that the decision to re...