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2 including state Minister’s secretary nabbed over soliciting bribe

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A private secretary to State Minister S. Viyalendiran and a political activist have been arrested on allegations of soliciting a bribe of Rs. 1.5 million, reports say.

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABoC) has said that the suspects were arrested following a complaint by a businessman from the Polonnaruwa area. 

They had allegedly solicited the bribe to facilitate issuing of a permit from the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau.

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