The Bribery Commission says a judge of the Kalmunai Quazi Court and his wife were arrested for soliciting a bribe of Rs. 2300.
According to the Bribery Commission, the suspects were taken into custody at the Magistrate’s office located in the Maruthamunai area of the Ampara District last evening.
The arrests were made following a complaint filed by a female resident of Kalmunai, stating that the suspects had solicited a bribe to resolve issues related to child support.
The Bribery Commission further states that the aggrieved party had sought assistance from the Quazi Court to receive child support for her three children from her divorced spouse.
The suspects had solicited and accepted a bribe of Rs. 300 per month to date for this purpose, while they had solicited a bribe of Rs. 2000 to provide the child support offered for this month.
The Kalmunai Quazi Court judge and his wife had been arrested while accepting the bribe of Rs. 2300 yesterday. (Newswire)
