Upon a complaint received by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption on 28.05.2020, the Authorized Investigation Officers of the Commission had conducted a raid on the same day and arrested the Divisional Secretary and the Assistant Director of Planning of the Divisional Secretariat Alayadivembu when receiving a bribe of Rs.300,000/-. The bribe has been solicited from the complainant in order to offer a contract of a development project of 3 by-roads which was scheduled to conduct by the Divisional Secretariat. The arrest has been taken place while the first suspect Divisional Secretary obtaining the bribe, through the second suspect Assistant Director of Planning from the complainant.

The authorized officers attached to the CIABOC have arrested a police officer attached to Palmadulla Police Station while he was accepting a sum of Rs. 50,000 as a bribe in order to provide documents to the complainant.

The Principal of Seevali Maha Vidyalaya of Hindagala, Peradeniya was arrested while accepting a bribe of Rs.25,000/= to accept a child to the Grade 1 class for 2020.

The investigation offices of CIABOC have arrested a Police Sergeant attached to Police Station, Puttalam while receiving a bribe of Rs.5000/- of the total solicited amount of Rs.10,000/- to release the revenue license and insurance certificate of a Dimo Batta Lorry arrested by the Police Officers of the relevant Police Station.

A tender offered by the Central Provincial Education Office to purchase discarded books, magazines and newspapers from schools at the rate of Rs.47.50/1Kg obtained by a businessman using someone else’s name has suggested to a Principal to offer a gratification by under-calculating the actual weight of goods fraudulently and to pay the Principal Rs.20.00/1Kg for the uncalculated weight as a bribe. Accordingly, the suspect has suggested to issue receipts for under-weighed goods at the rate of Rs.47.50/1Kg and to offer the Principal Rs.20.00/1Kg for the rest of the goods as a bribe. On 01.01.2020, the businessman had arrived at the school and had weighed the goods and had paid money only for 32Kg. Then the businessman who attempted to offer a bribe of Rs.7080/- to the Principal for unweighted goods was arrested on the spot by the officers of CIABOC.

The officers of CIABOC have arrested an Electricity Technical Officer on 20.12.2019 attached to the Regional Electricity Office, Gampaha when accepting an amount of Rs.130, 000/- as a bribe from the complainant being acting as a Police Officer in order to take no legal action against the complainant alleging that the complainant is selling illegal liquor.

A Police Constable served in Police Station, Piliayandala being attached to Traffic Branch in Police Division Mount Lavinia was arrested by the Investigation Officers of CIABOC when receiving a bribe of Rs. 2,000/-. The suspect has taken in to his custody, the sand permit, insurance certificate and temporary driving license issued by Police Station, Lankapura and demanded the bribe to abstain from taking legal action against the complainant who alleged being violated provisions of land permit.

An Assistant Superintendent of Police attached to police division of Chilaw was taken to custody by the authorized officers attached to Commission to Investigate Bribery or Corruption when accepting a gratification of Rs.190,000.

The officers of CIABOC have arrested a Police Officer attached to the Police Station, Borella on 08.11.2019 while accepting a bribe of Rs. 2000/- to abstain from taking legal actions against complainant who has been alleged for taking alcohol in a public place.

The officers of CIABOC have arrested a Development Officer who has served as a Financial Assistant in the Magistrate Court, Negombo while accepting a bribe of Rs. 4,000/- of the total solicited amount of Rs.5,000/- to return the amount of Rs. 50,000/-, deposited as a cash bail related to a case hearing in the said Magistrate Court.

The above suspects in order to check the bus tickets have entered the bus bearing No. NB 8869 which the complainant Bus Conductor was in duty on 23.10.2019 at Ulapane area. During this raid the suspects have identified some passenger who were not given bus tickets by the Conductor. Therefore, the three suspects have demanded a bribe of Rs.20, 000/- to refrain from taking legal actions against this omission of the Conductor and have obtained Rs.12, 000/- on the spot. Later, on 06.11.2019 when the three suspects visited the complainant Conductor to obtain the balance Rs.8, 000/- of the bribe were arrested by the officers of the CIABOC at the time of obtaining the bribe.

The Samurdhi Development Officer of Kasinagar Division in the Kuchchaweli Divisional Secretariat area was arrested by the authorized Investigation Officers of the CIABOC on 09.10.2019 when accepting a bribe of Rs. 8,500/- for the continues receiving of samurdhi benefit of the complainant’s son living in a foreign country and to offer the said Samurdhi Beneficiary Card to the complainant.