Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Varuni Bogahawatta has been remanded until Friday (6) over investigations into the source of funds used to purchase a motor vehicle and pay its leasing instalments.
The Matara Magistrate’s Court issued the order after she was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and produced before the Magistrate on Tuesday (3).
Bogahawatta, who served as the Officer-in-Charge of the Administration Division at the Kotawila Police Station, had a luxury vehicle in her possession taken into CID custody recently.
According to reports, investigators found that the leasing instalments of the vehicle had allegedly been paid by an individual suspected of involvement in a fraud exceeding Rs. 1 billion at the Matara Cooperative Society.
Investigators also revealed that Bogahawatta’s monthly salary was Rs. 140,000, while the monthly leasing instalment for her vehicle alone amounted to Rs. 132,000.
The investigation is focused on establishing the source of the funds used to purchase the vehicle and settle its leasing payments. (Newswire)