Two officials attached to the Galle Municipal Council were arrested this morning by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption on charges of soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rs.5,000.
According to the Bribery Commission, the bribe was allegedly taken in exchange for providing a document recording the tax amount due to the Municipal Council for displaying an advertising board at a hardware store.
The arrests were made at around 8.50 am inside the Revenue Inspection Division of the Galle Municipal Council.
The suspects are scheduled to be produced before the Galle Magistrate’s Court. (Newswire)
