A quazi judge and a court clerk attached to the Kaduruwela Quazi Court have been arrested.
According to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), they were arrested while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs. 100,000 to deliver a favorable verdict in a divorce case.
They have been taken into custody on charges of soliciting, accepting, and aiding the acceptance of a bribe.
The suspects arrested yesterday morning (July 04) were scheduled to be produced before the Polonnaruwa Magistrate’s Court.
