He has been suspended over a probe initiated with regard to him submitting a receipt to the accounts division after altering its figure from Rs. 6,000 to Rs. 16,000.

Earlier media reported that the bill was Gayathri Wickramasinghe's, who is the secretary of Vajira. However, responding to our article - Probe on altering receipt pushed under carpet , Ms. Wickramasinghe refuted these claims.

Read her response here : "Bill is Vajira's, not mine - Gayathri"

Upon inquiring whether Vajira was suspended from the SLC, interim committee secretary Prakash Schaffter said, "Not at all. He is very much in his post and I spoke to him today."