Sri Lanka, May 1 -- The death of the Assistant Director of the External Resources Department of the Ministry of Finance, who had been interdicted in connection with the alleged misappropriation of USD 2.5 million linked to a cyber heist, has been confirmed as a suicide.

Sri Lanka Police said that a panel of Judicial Medical Consultants, appointed to conduct the post-mortem examination on the body of the Assistant Director of the Finance Ministry's Department of External Resources, concluded that all injuries were self-inflicted and that the death was due to suicide.

The official, identified as Ranga Rajapaksa, was found dead at his residence in Kuliyapitiya on Friday (30) by relatives, who subsequently informed the police.

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