Probe on police accountant

24 May, 2013

An investigation has been launched into allegations of fraud against the accountant of the Pollonaruwa police.
The police media unit said that the accountant had been accused of misusing funds allocated for policemen attached to the Pollonaruwa police station.
The police said that when paying policemen loans applied by them she at times taken part of the money.
A special unit of the Criminal Investigations Department is investigating the allegations against her.

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