The Colombo Magistrates Court has actually granted bail to the Deputy Commissioner of the Inland Revenue Department, who was formerly detained and remanded on suspicion of obtaining an allurement of Rs.
100,000 from a businessman in order to waive around Rs.
1.1 million in tax defaults owed to the department.The suspect was ordered to be launched on 2 surety bails of Rs.
1 million each.
Colombo Additional Magistrate Harshana Kekunawala also directed the suspect to totally cooperate with the continuous investigations, stated Ada Derana reporter.When the case was used up, Attorney-at-Law Darshana Kuruppu, appearing on behalf of the suspect, notified court that the suspects 14-year-old kid was experiencing extreme psychological distress due to his daddy being in remand custody.
The teen was reportedly declining to go to school or take in meals, and had actually been referred for medical treatment.Citing these circumstances as remarkable, the defense counsel asked for that bail be granted on compassionate grounds.After thinking about the facts presented, the Magistrate given bail and scheduled the next hearing for December 5.
The arrest was made throughout a raid carried out by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), following a problem lodged by an entrepreneur from Piliyandala.According to the Bribery Commission, the complainant was attempting to get a tax clearance report for the year 2025 for a service operating in Dematagoda.During the process, the Deputy Commissioner allegedly notified him of Rs.
1.1 million in exceptional taxes from the previous year and provided to waive the amount in exchange for an allurement of Rs.
100,000.
After negotiations, the kickback quantity was apparently reduced to Rs.
50,000.
The suspect was apprehended by Bribery Commission officers while attempting to accept the cash at the appropriate departmental workplace.