The Investigation Officers of CIABOC arrested Dr. Ranasinghe Arachchige Nayanajith Hemantha Ranasinghe, the Acting Deputy Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, on 13 August 2025, on charges of bribery. In 2024, while serving as Deputy Director of Prison Health Services, the suspect has solicited a bribe of Rs. 1.5 million and accepted Rs. 300,000 from a prison inmate admitted to the prison hospital to keep him further hospitalised after discharge. Consequently, he was arrested at his residence in Pita Kotte.