The Kandy Special Crimes Investigation Division has arrested nine employees of a private bank branch in Dalada Veediya, in connection with preparing forged loan applications and agreements.
Police said six male officers and three female officers were arrested on Wednesday (13).
The arrests followed a complaint lodged on August 28, 2022, alleging that fraudulent loan documents had been submitted between 2012 and 2019.
The Police state that the suspects aided and abetted the preparation of forged records tied to loans obtained during that period.
The suspects, aged between 32 and 58, are residents of Kandy, Peradeniya, Katugastota, Pussellawa, Heerassagala, Kurunegala, Pilimathalawa, Haloluwa, and Gurudeniya.
They were produced before the Kandy Magistrate’s Court yesterday, where bail was set at Rs. 500,000 each.
The case is scheduled to be recalled on September 23, while further investigations are being conducted by the Special Crimes Investigation Division. (Newswire)