A Police investigation has been initiated regarding a former secretary to a state ministry for allegedly issuing a letter authorizing the construction of a hotel at the Dehiwala beach forging the signature of the director of the Coast Conservation Department. A special Police team has questioned the former state ministry secretary, sources said.
Police sources disclosed that legal action is to be taken against this former state ministry secretary after consulting the Attorney General.
The information regarding this letter has been revealed during the Police investigations regarding the hotel located near the Dehiwala beach which caused controversy recently.
On January 1, the officials of the Coast Guard Department were preparing to demolish the hotel with Police protection noting it was an illegal construction.
At the time of demolition of the hotel, two persons who identified themselves as directors of the hotel had stated while providing documents that it was built with proper permission of all the relevant institutions.
Among them, there had also been a letter saying that permission had been given by the Coast Conservation Department for the construction.
When investigating how the letter was received, the person who posed as a director had said that the secretary of the state ministry in charge of coast conservation at that time had given the letter.
During the investigation, it was found that such a letter was not issued by the Director of the Coast Conservation Department and that it was a fake letter.
According to the information revealed during the investigation, it has been found that the former secretary of the state ministry had given the letter to the director of the hotel, a senior Police officer said.
The senior Police officer added that further investigations will be conducted and soon steps will be taken to arrest the suspects.
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