
Bribery Commission officers today arrested the Chairman of the Walallavita Pradeshiya Sabha, Udeni Atukorale for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 1.5 million from the Bentota Pradeshiya Sabha chairman.
It is reported that he had accepted the bribe in order to provide a permit.
Atukorale’s arrest is the latest in a series of recent arrests made against politicians and government officers on bribery charges while in May a District Judge was arrested for soliciting a bribe of Rs 300,000.


























