Officer held for Rs. 10 mn fraud at Jaffna Ayurvedic Corp outlet

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested the Officer-in-Charge  of the Jaffna sales outlet of the Ayurvedic Drugs Corporation over an alleged fraud of over Rs.10 million, on Tuesday evening. A senior officer of the CID said that the suspect had cheated the money the Government should have received by changing the bills when selling the products of the Corporation.

The CID made the arrest after a lengthy investigation over this fraud, which had been taking place for some time, following a complaint received by the Ayurvedic Drugs Corporation.

The exact amount of the fraud was Rs 10,329,480, according to the CID. The suspect was to be produced before the Jaffna Court.