රුපියල් 100ක අල්ලසක් ගත් ටයිම් කීපර් අල්ලස් දැලේ

Daily Mirror and Sri Lanka Mirror report that the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) arrested a timekeeper attached to the Road Passenger Transport Authority’s Gampaha Regional Office on October 20. Sri Lanka Mirror says the arrest took place at the timekeeper’s booth at Raddolugama Bus Stand.

Sri Lanka Mirror and WhatNews (සිංහල) report that the allegation involved Rs. 100 sought from the operator of a Route 188 bus travelling between Raddolugama and Colombo. Sri Lanka Mirror says CIABOC told the court the payment was sought to allow the bus to depart after the time recorded in the official logbook and operate in favourable conditions. WhatNews (සිංහල) reports that the alleged arrangement involved delaying the bus’s scheduled departure.

Sri Lanka Mirror reports that CIABOC told the court it found Rs. 5,600 and a further Rs. 5,000 in a box in the room occupied by the timekeeper. The outlet says the commission reported that its investigation was incomplete and requested that he be held. Sri Lanka Mirror also reports that no lawyer appeared for him and that he told the magistrate he had nothing to say.

Lankadeepa also reports that the court ordered him held until that date.

Written automatically by AI from the outlets’ own reports, and not reviewed by an editor. It can be wrong — the original report is the authority.