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CID bust major IDD call racket

by Sarath Malalasekera

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday uncovered a massive International Direct Dialling (IDD) calls racket following the arrest of five suspects including an Indian national with a Sri Lankan passport and national identity card.

The CID commenced investigations on a complaint made by Sri Lanka Telecom authorities that a number of post office agencies in the country had not paid for the use of IDD calls running into millions of rupees.

Investigations revealed that an agency at Rambukkana had not paid a sum of Rs. 6.1 million to the Telecom. An agency in Panadura had defaulted in a sum of Rs.2 million while an agency in Kandy had not paid Rs. 1 million.

The main suspect was arrested in Kandy by the Kandy Police and later handed over to the CID for further investigations.

The CID officials said that all five suspects had been produced before the Kegalle Magistrate and remanded till May 22 until the completion of the ongoing investigations.

The CID DIG had deployed a separate team to conduct investigations to ascertain how the Indian national, now in remand custody, obtained a Sri Lankan passport and a national identity card.

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