Dompe Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman further remanded

The Dompe Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman and a Councillor of the Pradesiya Sabha who allegedly accepted a bribe of Rs 400,000 from a property developer and quarry owner were further remanded till December 28 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate.

The suspects, Dompe Paradeshiya Sabha Chairman Milan Sajith Jayathilake and Pradeshiya Sabha Councilor K. Don Ajith Sisira Kumara were further remanded by the Magistrate consequent to investigations not concluded yet.

The Officer of the Commission that investigated the Allegations of Bribery submitted to Magistrate Rashmi Singappuli that the investigations were not yet completed and objected to grant bail to the suspects.

The suspects were apprehended by the Bribery sleuths when they accepted Rs. 400,000 and as part payment of the solicited amount from the property developer Chula Wickramaratne of Watareka to issue a permit to blast a rock that was in a land and to approve the plotted lots of land for development.