Bribery Commission Officials Had Arrested Two Officials Of Ayurveda Department Over Acceating A Bribe

Bribery Commission officials have

today (14)arrested an Ayurveda Doctor and an Assistant Legal Officer attached to the Ayurveda Department in Maharagama while accepting a Rs.50,000 as a bribe from an official of Ayurveda Production Company at Ayurveda Department premises.

The two suspected officials had requested the Company officials a bribe of Rs.300,000 to submit a proposal to the committee of Ayurveda Department and  get an approval for  a new licence to the Company for 2018 .However later that amount was reduced to Rs. 250,000 and from that amount the two officers were arrested while accepting an advance from.the Company officials.

After Investigations regarding the incident oncludes
the two suspects wil be produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate .