Police officer arrested for soliciting sexual bribe
November 24, 2023 03:59 pm
A sub-inspector attached to Kalmunai police station has been arrested on charges of soliciting a sexual bribe.
The officials of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption (CIABOC) had taken the suspect into custody on Wednesday (Nov.22) at a hotel in Kalmunai.
The officer in question is accused of soliciting sexual bribery from a female accused in a lawsuit, in exchange for submitting a report to the court in her favour. He had also promised to make necessary arrangements to relax a court order directing her to report once a week to the police station, to once a month.
The arrestee will be produced before the Samanthurai Magistrate’s Court.
