The officers of the Bribery Commission’s Investigation Division have arrested the station commander of the Kalmunai Police’s prosecution department for taking a sexual bribe from a woman in order to forcefully end a case pending in the court.
The arrest took place in a hotel room in Kalmunai at around 7.00 am yesterday.
A 33-year-old resident of Eragama, Ampara, who is accused in a criminal case, went to take sexual bribes. According to the woman’s complaint to the Bribery Commission, a team of investigation department officials came to Kalmunai and made the arrest while the two were staying in the hotel room.
Regarding the criminal charges levelled against this woman, she has been released on bail by the court, and according to a bail condition, she has to come to Kalmunai Police once a week and sign.
It is stated that the relevant police station commander has asked her for a sexual bribe to extend the signing once a week to once a month and to act in a way to be released from the case.
It is special that the officer had gone to the hotel room to collect the sexual bribe from her when the case was to be heard yesterday.
The police officer has been remanded until December 05 after being produced before the Samanthurai Magistrate Court.