Podi Wije was a notorious gang robber from Polonnaruwa.
He terrorised the North Central ProvinceinSri Lanka for several months before being shot dead in a jungle five miles off a Minneriya rice mill.[1]
His legacy includes a song bearing his name written and performed by Anton Jones and the 1988 film Podi Wije.[1]
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