Chief Inspector Varuni Bogahawatta, the Officer-in-Charge of the Administration Branch at the Kotawila Police Station, has been remanded until November 6 by the Matara Magistrate's Court over an investigation into the source of funds used to purchase a motor vehicle and settle its leasing installments.
She was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and produced before the Matara Magistrate this afternoon (03), following which the remand order was issued.
The officer, who previously served as the Officer-in-Charge of the Administration Division at the Kotawila Police Station, had a luxury motor vehicle taken into CID custody recently.
According to investigations, the leasing installments for the vehicle had allegedly been paid by an individual suspected of involvement in the fraud of more than Rs. 1 billion from the Matara Cooperative Society.
The investigation is focused on establishing the source of funds used to purchase the vehicle and make the leasing payments.
