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Puwarasamkulam OIC arrested for soliciting bribe

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The Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Puwarasamkulam Police Station in Vavuniya has been arrested for soliciting a bribe of Rs.
500,000, the Bribery Commission has confirmed.He was apprehended while soliciting the bribe in exchange for issuing a partial decision in a land dispute.The suspect is scheduled to be produced before the Vavuniya Magistrates Court today (22), while the Bribery Commission has launched further investigations into the incident.




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