The Chairman of the Kuchchaveli Pradeshiya Sabha, Ainiya Pillai Mubarak (50), and his private driver, M. M. Irshad (34), have been arrested by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs. 500,000 to issue a land permit. The arrests were made in the Iqbal Nagar area in Kuchchaveli following a complaint lodged by a woman resident of Mullaitivu. According to the Bribery Commission, the Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman had earlier accepted Rs. 160,000 from the complainant for a permit covering 20 perches of land and later demanded an additional Rs.…
Kuchchaveli PS SLMC Chairman arrested over Rs. 500,000 bribe
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