Party secretary among several arrested for taking Rs. 30M bribe from Janaka Ratnayake
A group of officials including the Secretary of the “United Lanka Podujana Party” (Eksath Lanka Podujana Pakshaya) have been arrested while soliciting a bribe from the party’s presidential candidate, former PUCSL chairman Janaka Ratnayake.
They have reportedly been arrested today by officers of the Bribery Commission while accepting the bribe of Rs. 30 million from Mr. Ratnayake, the party’s presidential candidate.
The suspects have been arrested based on a complaint lodged by the former PUCSL chairman, on behalf of whom the security deposit was placed this morning as the party’s presidential candidate.
The arrested persons including the secretary of the “United Lanka Podujana Party” are accused of attempting to solicit a bribe of Rs. 30 million from Mr. Ratnayake in exchange for making him the party’s presidential candidate.
Former Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), Janaka Ratnayake is running for the presidential election this year as the candidate of the ‘United Lanka Podujana Party’ (Eksath Lanka Podujana Pakshaya).
The Secretary of the United Lanka Podujana Party, Nihal Premakumara Deshapriya, had placed the security deposit on behalf of Janaka Ratnayake at the Election Commission this morning (14).
