Former Deputy Economic Development Minister and Special Projects Minister, S.M. Chandrasena, was arrested by the Commission on 04 th July 2025. In 2014, the Government imported seed corn worth Rs. 25 million to be given to poor farmers in the Anuradhapura District at a subsidised price. The former Minister exerted undue influence on the Director (Planning) and other officers of the District Secretariat and distributed seeds through his political allies to gain an advantage in the 2015 Presidential Election and incurred a loss to the government.