The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested a man and two women in connection with a financial fraud case involving the Sri Lanka Ayurvedic Drugs Corporation.

The General Manager of the corporation, located at Old Kottawa Road in Nawinna, Maharagama, lodged a complaint with the CID on 20 March, alleging that Rs. 27,031,024.15 had been fraudulently obtained by altering cheque details through manipulation of the corporation’s computer software system.

Following investigations, CID officers arrested the prime suspect, a 35-year-old man from Kelaniya, along with two female accomplices, aged 25 and 32, also from Kelaniya, on 1 April.

The suspects were produced before the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court on 2 April and have been remanded until 11 April. Further investigations are ongoing.