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Policeman arrested for accepting bribe

Police personnel attached to the Commission to Investigate Allegations on Bribery or Corruption arrested a Policeman who accepted a bribe of Rs. 10,000 from a suspect in Horopothana, yesterday.

The suspect was taken into Police custody when he was illegally felling a banyan tree.

The Policeman had asked a bribe of Rs. 10,000 for not taking legal action against the individual.

The Police officers attached to the CIABOC carried out the raid when the Policeman was accepting the bribe near the canteen of the Police Station.

The Policeman was to be produced before the Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate, yesterday. 


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