Minister Ravi Karunanayake says he received information that over 2,000 important files of the Finance Ministry have gone missing.
Karunanayake added that he will complain to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and request to initiate an inquiry on this regard.
According to the Minister, the missing files contain important information on alleged questionable deals and believed to have contained details about misuse of public property and funds as well. It was reported several top officials responsible for these files have been identified and they will likely be questioned by the CID, on this matter.