A Grama Niladhari of Colombo Divisional Secretariat arrested for accepting Rs. 40,000/= bribe

Based on a complaint made by a person residing in Colombo 15, Investigation Officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption arrested a Grama Nildhari of Colombo Divisional Secretariat at 4.15 p.m. on 23.07.2024 for allegedly soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rs. 40,000/- to issue the probable age certificate required for the complainant to change his name in the Birth Certificate, recommend the application he intends to submit to get a house under the Urban Regeneration Project of the Urban development Authority and issue a certificate confirming his residence in the division. The arrest was made inside his office at a flat in Modara.