PC arrested for graft

Razeena Razick

COLOMBO: Colombo Chief Magistrate Sarojani Kusala Weerawardane yesterday ordered a Police Constable attached to Kirindiwela Police be remanded for allegedly accepting a bribe to allow an illicit Brewery in the area.

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption produced the suspect before the Colombo Chief Magistrate. The Commission’s officers arrested the suspect while accepting the gratification .

The complainant Upul Kumar of Henegama informed the Commission that the suspect demanded Rs.25,000 in return for permitting the operation of the Brewery.

The complainant who is doing farming conducted the Brewery for past five years and the other Police stations in the area too had filed cases against him.

The complainant had promised to pay the suspect Rs.20,000.He had paid the first instalment of Rs.13,000 and was parting with the balance Rs.7000 when the Bribery sleuths arrested the PC.

The Commission told the court that it would file a report on the proceedings at the next hearing.

The Magistrate ordered the suspect be remanded until May 17.