A police sergeant attached to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) who was arrested for soliciting a bribe was released on bail yesterday.
The suspect was ordered to be released on a cash bail of Rs 25,000 and two sureties of Rs 200,000 each.
During yesterday's hearing, Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne ordered the accused to handover his passport to court while imposing a travel ban.
The CID Police Sergeant has been identified as S. Sobitha Silva, a resident of Gampaha.
He was accused of soliciting Rs 80,000 as a bribe from a businessman who was involved in a cheque fraud, in order to prevent legal action being filed against him.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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