A Senior Assistant Secretary of the Parliamentary and Cabinet Division of the Presidential Secretariat has been arrested by the Central Crime Investigation Bureau on charges of making a fake passport.
A criminal named Karandeniye Raju, who is already being interrogated by the Central Crime Investigation Bureau, has made a fake foreign passport in the name of another person to travel abroad. The arrest was made on the basis of information received that he was an Assistant Secretary.
Karandeniye Raju, the brother of the criminal named Karandeniye Sudda, was recently brought to this country after being deported from Dubai. During questioning, the investigating officers also focused on the preparation of a foreign passport in the name of another person.
It has been revealed that a person who served as the Deputy Controller of the Foreign Missions Division of the Department of Immigration and Emigration in 2023 had prepared the relevant passport.
During investigations conducted on him, it has been revealed that the person is currently working as a Senior Assistant Secretary in the Parliamentary and Cabinet Division of the Presidential Secretariat.
Accordingly, the 41-year-old suspect, a resident of Kandy, has been arrested by the Homicide and Organized Crime Investigation Division of the Central Crime Investigation Bureau.
The suspect was then He is scheduled to be produced before the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court this morning (27).