An officer attached to the Ragama Police was arrested by the Bribery Commission while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs. 200,000 near the Ragama Hospital gate.
According to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), the bribe was solicited from an individual in exchange for not filing legal action over a drug possession incident.
The sting operation was carried out today, and while one officer was taken into custody, the second suspect managed to flee the scene. Investigations are ongoing to apprehend the escaped officer. (Newswire)