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Rs 30 mn sought from Prez candidate: Secy of political party arrested
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) yesterday (14) arrested the Secretary of the Eksath Lanka Podujana Pakshaya (ELPP) along with several others while they were receiving Rs 30 mn from presidential election candidate Janaka Ratnayake.
The arrests were made at a shopping complex at Welikada shortly after H.W. Nihal Premakumara paid Rs 50,000 deposit on behalf of former Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission.
Sources said that Ratnayake had reached an agreement with ELPP for him to contest the presidential election. Sources said the CIABOC deployed a team following a complaint lodged by Ratnayake.