A former employee of Welisara courts, who allegedly provided a forged case report acquitting an accused and obtained Rs. 3.5 million from them, was arrested by the Negombo Crime Investigation Unit.
Police said that the suspect had been previously dismissed from service and imprisoned for similar frauds. He had misrepresented himself to the accused as "The Interpreter Mudliar of the Colombo High Court."
The accused, unaware of the forgery, submitted the forged case report, signed by the Negombo magistrate, to request the lifting of a travel ban imposed by the court in connection with a case filed by the Crime Investigation Department Unit at Katunayake International Airport.
Upon discovering the travel ban was not lifted, the accused inquired with the court registrar and learned that the acquittal case report had been forged.
Following the complaint, investigations led to the arrest of the individual responsible for the fraud and his wife, who allegedly aided and abetted him. They were apprehended yesterday on an arrest warrant as they were preparing to flee the area.
They are scheduled to appear before the Negombo magistrate. Further investigations are being conducted by OIC Negombo Crime Investigation Unit CI Rohana Munasinghe and SI Wijeratne, under the direction of SP Eric Perera.
