Narahenpita Police has arrested a Police Sergeant of the Public Order Management Division who was defrauding businessmen by stating that eggs could be given for Rs. 35 each.
Narahenpita Police say that this Sergeant named Priyantha De Silva has been involved in this scam by pretending to be Sub Inspector Ajith who is working at Kompannavidiya Police.
The police say that he first tricked a businessman who runs a retail business in Kompanjaveedi, Mulleriya Ranabima Mawatha.
It is stated that this sergeant posing as Sub-Inspector Ajith of Kompanjaveediya Police gave a phone call to the businessman and said that he had 10 boxes of eggs for sale at Rs. 35 each, and the businessman had expressed his desire to buy those 10 boxes of eggs. Accordingly, on March 06, the businessman took a vehicle and went to the Narahenpita police filling station with two of his workers to buy eggs. The police said that the officer met the businessman there and took Rs. 50,000 to give the egg stock and moved from there.
After this incident, a businessman who is a friend of this businessman also received a similar call yesterday. This officer, who spoke to the previous businessman on the phone, told him to come near the supermarket in Narahenpita to buy eggs. Accordingly, the businessman has gone there with the businessman who was caught in the previous scam. There too, he tried to escape with Rs. 50,000, but due to the previous businessman recognizing him, he was unable to escape. The two businessmen together caught this officer after a lot of effort and took him to Narahenpita Police Station and handed him over.
This officer is not a sub-inspector but a sergeant working in the anti-riot force at the Bambalapitiya field force headquarters.
