The Chairman of the Mawanella Pradeshiya Sabha Samantha Steven has been arrested while accepting a bribe.
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) member was arrested while accepting a bribe of Rs. 2 million.
According to reports, he was arrested at a hotel while accepting a bribe from a businessman.
He had solicited the bribe to approve a plan for a building planned to be constructed in Mawanella town.
Samantha Steven was arrested by officials from the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). (NewsWire)