SriLanka, Aug. 2 -- Two female officials attached to the Norwood Divisional Secretariat have been remanded until August 4 over the alleged misappropriation of nearly Rs. 3 million belonging to beneficiaries of the Aswesuma welfare programme.



The suspects were arrested on Friday (01) by officers of the Hatton Police Division's Special Investigation Unit and were later produced before Acting Hatton Magistrate S. Parthiban, who ordered that they be remanded.



The two suspects include the officer who had been in charge of the Aswesuma division at the Norwood Divisional Secretariat and another female official.



According to investigators, a preliminary audit revealed that between 2023 and 2025, Aswesuma payments intended for benefic...