It is reported that the mining engineer of the Geological Survey and Mining Bureau, Hambantota office, who was arrested on the charge of receiving bribes, and his driver were brought before the Hambantota Magistrate and remanded until the 18th of this month.
They have demanded a bribe of 5 lakh rupees from the concerned businessman to continue the sand mining business run by a person in Hambantota area. Out of this, 2 lakh rupees were taken from the mining engineer and another 1 lakh fifty thousand rupees from the driver and they were arrested by the officers of the Bribery and Corruption Investigation Commission on the 5th.