The Bribery or Corruption Commission is working to arrest former Deputy Inspector General of Police (Retd.) Rohan Premaratne of the Criminal Investigation Department in connection with an alleged financial fraud of Rs. 7.5 million that has taken place in the department.
The Bribery Commission officers have already inspected several places where the retired DIG is staying, including his house. However, sources also say that he has fled from those places.
Although the Bribery Commission had informed DIG Rohan Premaratne to come for questioning regarding this financial fraud, he has been avoiding the Commission. The Bribery Commission has since launched operations to arrest Mr. Rohan Premaratne.
Eight people, including six Nigerian nationals, were arrested by the Kelaniya Divisional Criminal Investigation Unit in 2021 in connection with large-scale financial fraud and handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation. At that time, officers including Chief Inspector Linton Silva had handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department the Rs. 7.5 million cash that these Nigerian nationals had earned from this organized gang through financial fraud as case material.
At that time, Mr. Rohan Premaratne was the Deputy Inspector General of the Criminal Investigation Department. The Criminal Investigation Department had taken steps to hand over the Rs. 7.5 million cash received to the suspects instead of handing it over to the court.