The Investigation Officers of CIABOC have arrested a Police Constable who serves at Police Station-Diyabeduma, Polonnaruwa on an allegation of soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rs. 4000/= on 09.11.2022 in accordance with a complaint received by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.

The suspect had requested Rs.6000/= and later reduced the amount to Rs.4000/= in order to take necessary actions to issue the police certificate required to renew the expired Driver’s Identity Card of the complainant which was issued by the National Transport Commission.

The above suspect was thus arrested when he had solicited and accepted the said Rs.4000/= as a bribe at the Police Station-Diyabeduma.