24 April 2024 09:57 am
Puttalam, April 24 (Daily Mirror) - A judge from the Puttalam Qazi Court has been arrested by officials from the Commission to Investigate Bribery or Corruption, for accepting a Rs. 5,000 bribe.
The arrest followed a complaint from a resident of the Vettalai area in Puttalam.
The judge had allegedly demanded the bribe from a woman in exchange for issuing a divorce certificate related to a court judgment.
Following his arrest, the suspect was produced before the Puttalam Magistrate's Court and remanded until May 6.