Fraud Bureau officials arrested on bribery charges

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A Fraud Bureau sub inspector and a police constable were arrested by the CID on charges of having taken a bribe of more than rupees two million from a businessman who deals in illegal transactions, acting police spokesman Mahesh Udawatta said.

The bribe is alleged to have been taken on the promise that no action would be taken on a case pending against the businessman. The two police personnel were produced in the Colombo Magistrate’s Court and remanded till the July 6. (Sanath Desmond)

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