Sri Lanka’s Honorary Consul General in Kerala passes away

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Joemon Joseph Edathala, 43, Honorary Consul General of Sri Lanka in Kerala, passed away in India on Friday (12).

He was under treatment at a private hospital in Kochi after he suffered a cerebral haemorrhage two weeks ago.

A native of Edathala near Kalady, Joseph had been serving as the Honorary Consul of Sri Lanka for the past five years, a post created in 2013.