16 June 2016 11:12 pm
During the disaster period state officials had distributed cooked meals to flood victims in the district. To prepare meals the officials had purchased groceries and vegetables from a cooperative store on credit.
When the bills for the purchased items were later sent to the Divisional Secretariat, a bill for a staggering Rs.800 for a kilo of tomatoes was submitted.
The relevant officials had refused to pay the sum as it was a forged bill. (Thilakaratne Dissanayake, Gampaha)