Quazi judge & court clerk arrested over bribery charges

A quazi judge and a court clerk attached to the Kaduruwela Quazi Court have been arrested.

According to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), they were arrested while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs. 100,000 to deliver a favorable verdict in a divorce case.

They have been taken into custody on charges of soliciting, accepting, and aiding the acceptance of a bribe.

The suspects arrested yesterday morning (July 04) were scheduled to be produced before the Polonnaruwa Magistrate’s Court.

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