19 November 2022 11:33 am
Three persons including a female beautician have been arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division for threatening an auditor of the Motor Traffic Department following a complaint by the Auditor General.
Police said an investigation was initiated after several persons had come to the residence of an auditor working in the Motor Traffic Commissioner's Office in the North West Province and had threatened his life.
It has been revealed that this officer had been threatened by phone and by unknown persons who came to his home due to the irregularities detected in the audit work conducted by the Motor Traffic Commissioner's office.
Accordingly, two suspects were arrested in Wariyapola area and a female suspect who is a 26-year-old beautician and a resident of Kolonna, was arrested in Wellawatta for obstructing the duty of a government employee.
The arrested male suspects aged 33 and 38-years-old were identified as businessmen residing in Wariyapola.
The suspects were remanded until November 24 after being produced before the Minuwangoda Magistrate's Court yesterday.(DSB)