Based on a complaint made by a businessman in the Kandy area, Investigation Officers of the Commission arrested the Quazi Judge of Gelioya over allegations of soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rupees Two Hundred Thousand. According to the complaint, the bribe was demanded to expedite and give the verdict of the divorce case of the complainant’s son on 19th April 2025 at the Quazi Court in the Kandy Court Complex, and issue a copy of the judgment and the divorce certificate.

Accordingly, the suspect was arrested at the Quazi Judge’s office in Gelioya on 21st April 2025.