Sri Lanka, Aug. 11 -- An official from a major institution in the country has approached the Commission to Investigate Bribery or Corruption, alleging that the Railway Department is preparing to sell approximately 6,000 metric tons of scrap metal-including decommissioned railway carriages to two major iron companies outside the tender procedure.

The complaint further states that the Procurement Committee or Evaluation Committee responsible for this sale has failed to take proper action regarding incomplete applications. It allowed companies that submitted incorrect documents along with their prices to correct their deficiencies, which resulted in losses to the Department.

According to the complaint, senior officials of the Railway Depar...