| Intro | Sri lankan gangster |
| Is | Gangster |
| From | Sri Lanka |
| Type | Crime |
| Gender | male |
| Death |
1 January 1954 |
Podi Wije (died 1954) was a notorious gang robber from Polonnaruwa.
He terrorised the North Central Province in Sri Lanka for several months before being shot dead in a jungle five miles off a Minneriya rice mill.
His legacy includes a song bearing his name written and performed by Anton Jones and the 1988 film Podi Wije.[1]