Bogus engineer works for 7 years at Mahaweli Authority!

Bogus engineer works for 7 years at Mahaweli Authority!

A certain person who has served in an office belonging to Mahaweli Authority for a period of 7 years after having forwarded a false degree certificate to the effect that he had secured a certified degree in Engineering from Peradeniya faculty was taken into custody by police fraud

detection bureau. He had thus been drawing a very high salary in the process.

The said person has drawn a monthly basic salary of Rs. 50255. This person who has lived in Wanduramba area in Galle was actually aged 52 years. However he had provided false certificates to say that he was 45 years old and thus had joined Mahaweli Development and Environment Ministry, it was revealed at investigations. He had served for close upon 7 years as an advisor in a related office in connection with engineering activities.

The suspect has enrolled in the year 1991 for service as a civil engineer on November 1st 2010 by forwarding a certified engineer degree secured from Peradeniya Engineering Faculty. But it is rather surprising as to how his qualifications were approved and he was enrolled for service by those officers concerned. Whatever it is, the authorities have had some suspicion about the degree certificate of 2016 after a lapse of 6 years and when the suspect smelled that they were inquiring into his credentials, he had fled from his work-place on December 29th, 2016.

Investigations were launched to search for him after the human resource manager of the work-place complained to police fraud investigation unit. This bogus engineer was taken into custody day before yesterday (13) while engaged in duties at a worksite in Wanduramba, police informed. The suspect who fled in fear of being cornered for inquiries had appeared as an engineer at various places in the island for the past few months and have secured jobs, it was reported. The suspect is expected to be produced before courts.