A timekeeping officer attached to the Gampaha Regional Office of the Road Passenger Transport Authority has been arrested over allegations of soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rs. 100 from a bus employee.
The arrest was made yesterday (20) at around 12.25 p.m. by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) inside the suspect’s office booth at the Raddolugama bus stand.
According to the allegations, the officer had solicited and accepted the money from an employee of a bus operating on Route No. 188 between Raddolugama and Colombo.
The bribe was allegedly requested in exchange for allowing the bus to begin its scheduled journey later than the stipulated departure time and permitting it to commence the journey under favourable conditions.
The arrested officer is scheduled to be produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.
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