LRC officer nabbed by bribery sleuths

by Kurulu Kariyakarawana

A field officer attached to the Land Reforms Commission was nabbed by the Bribery Commission whilst soliciting a bribe of Rs. 8,000 from a land owner in Morawaka yesterday.

The suspect had demanded a sum of Rs. 10,000 from the land owner who had sought a permit to obtain electricity connection to his land. However the former had agreed to issue the permit for Rs. 8,000 later on.

Director, Bribery Commission Investigation Division SSP Sarath Somaweera Lokuge told the Sunday Observer that the land owner had complained to the Commission and the field officer was arrested while accepting the money.

The suspect was to be produced before Morawaka Magistrate yesterday.