Technical Officer arrested while accepting bribe

December 22, 2015 03:37 pm

A Technical Officer (TO) attached to the Yakkalamulla Divisional Secretariat has been arrested by the bribery commission over an attempt to solicit a bribe of Rs 15,000.

The Director of the Investigation Unit of the Commission SSP Priyantha Chandrasiri said that the officer had sought the bribe from a contractor, carrying out road repairs in the area, to issue a report required for cash release.

The suspect had requested for Rs 15,000 to issue the report and had initially obtained a sum of Rs 5,000. He was arrested upon accepting another Rs 8,000 inside his office today.

He is to be produced before the Galle Magistrate’s Court.

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