Judge remanded

30 May 2013 12:59 pm

Homagama District court judge Sunil Abeysinghe who is alleged to have solicited a bribe of Rs 300,000, was remanded till June 3rd by  Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya this evening


The judge was arrested when he was about to accept the bribe from a businessman in order to induce him to deliver a judgment in his favour in a land dispute case.

He was brought to the Cinnamon Gardens Police Station after his arrest on a complaint made by the businessman. The judge was arrested on Wednesday night while he was in the house owned by the Hanwella businessman

The Bribery Commission was tipped off by the businessman and the officers said the arrest was made while the judge was on the verge of accepting the bribe offered by the businessman. ( Supun Dias and Indika Sri Aravinda)