Former Anuradhapura District MP and Deputy Minister Shantha Bandara was yesterday sentenced to four years rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court.
This is for soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rs. 50,000 as a gratuity to provide employment to a woman in the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) in 2007.
Delivering his judgment, High Court Judge Piyasena Ranasinghe observed that the prosecution has proved the accused’s guilty beyond a reasonable doubt on two counts.
The accused was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption between November and December 2007 while soliciting and accepting a gratuity of Rs 50,000 from a woman, a resident of Ampara.
The former Deputy Minister was further ordered to pay a fine of Rs.10,000 on two counts.
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FORMER DEPUTY MINISTER GETS 4 YEAR RI
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