Former National Transport Commission (NTC) Chairman, Renuka Perera, has been granted bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court in connection with a bribery case involving the issuance of bus route permits.
He was ordered released on a personal bail of Rs. 5 million, Ada Derana reporter said.
He was arrested on September 17 by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) over corruption allegations and was subsequently remanded until today (29) by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.
Perera was arrested over allegations that he issued 56 passenger transport service permits for buses to operate on the Southern Expressway, outside the legally prescribed procedures and without collecting the annual fees in a single payment.
The alleged offence is said to have been committed in violation of the provisions of the National Transport Commission Act No. 37 of 1991 and the recommendations of a Cabinet decision dated September 19, 2014.
