A development officer and a motorist attached to the Office of the Registrar of Pesticides have been arrested for getting and accepting a kickback of Rs.
10,000 to sign up a business.Officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) detained the suspects based upon a grievance made by a resident of Bandarawela.According to the problem, the allurement was apparently taken in order to pump fuel for the vehicle in which officials were to take a trip to the plaintiffs home to carry out testing on the pesticide, fungicide, and plant growth-promoting product produced by the businessman, for the purpose of signing up the business.Based on the claims, CIABOC officers jailed the suspects at the complainants residence while accepting the bribe.The jailed suspects are arranged to be produced before the Bandarawela Magistrates Court.