An official of the Horana Divisional Secretariat was arrested by Horana Police yesterday evening for a fraud over Rs. 500,000. She has committed the fraud by tampering computer data.
She has been working at the Department of Motor Traffic of the Secretariat.
The official has committed the fraud by tampering computer data when she was issuing vehicle licences, police sources said. She had taken money in this way for fifty times. Police investigated the fraud on a complaint by Divisional Secretary Kamal Pushpakumara.