Srilanka, May 22 -- The Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Puwarasamkulam Police Station in Vavuniya has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.

The arrest took place while the OIC was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs. 500,000 in exchange for delivering a favorable decision in a land dispute.

The suspect is expected to be produced before the Vavuniya Magistrate's Court today (22).

The Bribery Commission has launched further investigations into the incident.

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