A judge of the Udathalawinna Quazi Court in Kandy has been arrested for obtaining a bribe of Rs. 4,500, it was reported.
According to the Lankadeepa newspaper, the judge was arrested by officials from the Bribery Commission while accepting the bribe within the Quazi Court premises.
It is reported that the judge had solicited a bribe from a woman to hand over documents of the court’s verdict related to her divorce case.
A complaint had been filed by the woman, a resident of the Kumbukkandura area in Raja-Ella, with the Bribery Commission after which the judge was arrested during a raid. (Newswire)