The Investigation Officers of CIABOC have arrested a Grama Niladhari attached to the Divisional Secretariat, Ratmalana on alleged soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rs. 5,000/= on 28.04.2022 in accordance with a complaint received by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.
The suspected officer was thus arrested close to the Jason Court, Bandaranayake Mawatha, Sri Saranankara Road, Kalubowila when he had accepted the said money to sign the certificate of residence which is required to import raw materials from abroad on behalf of the construction company carried out by the complainant.