Colombo Additional Magistrate Lahiru Silva today ordered the remand of a Police Inspector until July 3, following his arrest by the Bribery Commission over a Rs.1 million bribe allegedly accepted at a hotel in Kalutara North.

According to reports, the suspect, attached to the Kalutara South Police Station and serving in the Special Crimes Investigation Division, was taken into custody during a sting operation conducted last night (22) after a businessman lodged a complaint with the Bribery Commission.

The court was informed that the officer had demanded Rs.1.1 million to avoid filing criminal charges against a vehicle under inquiry and to return it to its owner. 

Of this amount, Rs.100,000 had already been accepted on May 30. The balance Rs.1 million was allegedly received at the hotel, where Bribery Commission officials arrested the Police Inspector with the money in hand. (Newswire)

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Sri Lanka Police have taken into custody a 38‑year‑old resident of Meetiyagoda suspected of transporting the gunman involved in the fatal shooting of Police Inspector D. Balendrasinghe, who was actively engaged in operations against organized crime.

According to the Police, Inspector Balendrasinghe was shot dead by an unidentified assailant on October 9, 2023, in the Karagoda area of Galle. 

The suspect was arrested by the Central Crime Investigation Bureau on Saturday (09), initially on charges of possessing ICE narcotics.

During subsequent investigations, officers uncovered a cache of weapons concealed in a cinnamon estate in Kiralagahawela, Meetiyagoda, yesterday (11).

The recovery included one T‑56 assault rifle, fifteen live rounds of ammunition, and one spent cartridge casing.

The Police said the suspect remains under detention orders while investigators determine whether the recovered firearm was used in the killing of Inspector Balendrasinghe.

Further inquiries are being carried out by officers of the Central Crime Investigation Bureau. (Newswire)

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A Police Inspector attached to the Mahabage Police has been arrested for accepting a bribe of Rs. 25,000.

According to the Bribery Commission, the Police Officer had obtained the bribe on the promise of intervening to settle an issue related to a bounced cheque.

The Police Inspector has been arrested based on a complaint filed by a resident of Palliyawatte in Wattala. 

A complaint on two bounced cheques issued by the Wattala resident had been investigated by the Mahabage Police.

The Police Inspector had offered to make arrangements for the Wattala resident to pay the remainder of the cheque payments in installments and not produce him in court in exchange for a bribe of Rs. 25,000. 

He had been arrested while accepting the bribe at the road leading to the Welisara Economic Centre. (Newswire)

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