Office Employee Assistant of the Department of Immigration and Emigration arrested on allegations of accepting a bribe of Rs. 6000/-

Based on a complaint made by a resident of Weerawila, Pannegamuwa, Investigation Officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption arrested an Office Employee Assistant of the Department of Immigration and Emigration on allegations of soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rs. 6,000/-. The complainant has handed over the documents on 30.07.2024 to obtain a passport after paying the Rs. 10,000/- which is the required government fee. When he came to collect the passport on 12.12.2024, the suspect has solicited Rs. 6,000/- from the complainant to get the passport ready. Accordingly, the suspect was arrested at around 1.45 p.m. on 12.12.2024 inside the Postal Branch on the 2nd floor of the Department.