Sri Lanka, Nov. 3 -- Two former senior state officials have been apprehended on corruption charges by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).

Accordingly, former General Manager of Sri Lanka Railways Sumathipala Mahanama Abeywickrama has been arrested today (03) at 9:15 a.m., while Sarathchandra Gunaratna Jayathilaka, the former Director of the State Engineering Corporation of Sri Lanka has been arrested at 10:15 a.m. by officers of the Bribery Commission.

Sumathipala Mahanama Abeywickrama has been arrested in connection with an incident where, following a formal disciplinary inquiry conducted under Section XLVIII, Clause 1 of the Establishments Code, a railway driver was found guilty and ordered to ...