Principal arrested on bribery charge in Polonnaruwa
July 15, 2016 06:41 pm
The principal of a school in the Polonnaruwa area has been arrested on bribery charges.
The suspect was arrested this afternoon by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, acting on information received, while at his office in the school.
He was caught in the act of soliciting a bribe of Rs 2750, handed over through a security guard, from a former teacher at the school in order to sign several of her documents.
Meanwhile the bribery commission says that in a separate operation an official working as a Management Assistant at the Puttalama District Court was arrested while receiving a bribe of Rs 4,500.
The suspect had reportedly promised to reduce the spousal maintenance paid by a certain divorced individual.
