Passport office employee and 03 others arrested over kickback

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption (CIABOC) have actually detained four individuals for
accepting allurements to provide a passport under the one-day service.The arrested suspects include a female who is working as an office
assistant in the Department of Immigration and Emigration, a primary grade semi-skilled artisan of the Department of Buildings, a lotto
dealership and a mobile SIM card dealer, the Bribery Commission said.The suspects have actually obtained a sum of Rs
22,000 to issue a passport under the one-day service without obtaining an online appointment.One of the suspects, the official of the
Department of Buildings, had actually been jailed in front of a bank branch in Battaramulla while accepting the allurement of Rs
22,000.

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The workplace assistant of the Immigration and Emigration Department had been collared at the departments office, while the two other
suspects were apprehended in front of the Immigration and Emigration Department.