The Colombo Fraud Investigation Bureau has started an investigation to arrest a frequent head of a Deputy High Commissioner’s office in a country in the South Asian region in connection with fraud involving the purchase of land and the issuance of valuable cheques.
Police information revealed that the High Commissioner’s officer who is to be arrested is the son of a well-known businessman in Sri Lanka.
It is said that the fraud was committed by buying land in Watawala belonging to a person residing in Kandy for Rs. 20 million and giving a check of Rs. 10 million.