Sri Lanka, April 22 -- Sri Lanka Police have issued a clarification regarding a forged letter circulating on social media, warning that the document is erroneous in its entirety and intended to mislead the public and also to tarnish the reputation of the Police Department.

The letter in question, titled "CONVICTION" in English falsely bears the name and a forged signature of the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Priyantha Weerasuriya.

It also references a non-existent institution identified as the "Computer Crime Headquarters", allegedly based in Colombo.

According to Police, the document uses inconsistent and baseless terminologies, and is designed to emulate official correspondence.

It has been produced using logos resemblin...