Fifty-one-year-old monk has died after consuming poison inside a prison bus following the verdict of a case being heard in the Hambantota High Court yesterday (9th), prison sources said.

The case was heard on three charges and the monk was found guilty of the three charges and sentenced to Rs. 775,000 and sentenced to 30 years imprisonment.

A prison official said the monk later died. The autopsy was scheduled to be conducted at the Hambantota General Hospital yesterday (10th).