A Deputy Comptroller and former Deputy Comptroller of the Immigration Department have been arrested for helping arrange passports for two organized criminals to flee the country.Sri Lanka Latest News
One of the two arrested suspects is to be produced before the Vavuniya Magistrate’s Court and the other suspect before the Kaduwela Magistrate’s Court.
The suspects have been arrested according to an investigation conducted under the supervision of Mr. Rohan Premaratne, the DIG in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department.
Nuresh Supun Dayaratne alias “Heenatyana Mahesh” was arrested by the suspected Deputy Controller of the Immigration Department.
It has been revealed that the organized criminal has been given a fake passport.
The Deputy Comptroller of the Immigration Department has been accused of preparing the foreign passport for “Heenatyana Mahesh” by entering the fake name of Manikkuge Dinesh Silva and entering a fake passport number and a fake identity card number.
The Deputy Comptroller of the Immigration Department has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department while he was receiving treatment at the Sri Jayawardenepura Hospital.
Also, information has been revealed that a former deputy controller of the immigration department has prepared a fake passport for an organized criminal, Shan Arosha Liyanage, also known as “Mathugama Shan”.
According to the police, the former deputy controller of the immigration department has prepared a fake passport using the fake name of Dodangoda Liyanage Rajesh Kumara Jayasinghe.
The Criminal Investigation Department further states that the suspected former Deputy Controller of the Immigration Department is currently working as a Deputy Director of the Pension Department.
