Two cops caught in the act

Rasika Somarathna

Bribery Sleuths has taken two Police constables to task for allegedly soliciting a bribe from a driver of a lorry transporting sand.

The Constables had been taken into custody on Friday evening while accepting a part of the bribe which was solicited with the promise of foregoing an official inquiry into an alleged traffic offence made by the driver.

According to the Acting Investigations Director of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption, Sarath Lokuge, the two Constables attached to the Mirihana Police Station had been taken into custody while accepting a part of the solicited amount around 7.45 pm on Friday evening at Delkanda junction.

The two constables first had solicited a bribe of Rs. 2,000 for foregoing legal action subsequent to finding that the said driver did not possess authority to transport sand on the particular route. He was also accused of blocking the traffic. Lokuge said that Sleuths had arrested the constables, while accepting a part of the bribe which was Rs.1,000. The two Constables would be produced before Courts, Lokuge added.