COLOMBO : Former Mayor of the Moratuwa Municipal Council Saman Lal Fernando, who was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) earlier Wednesday,Sept. (10), has been remanded.
He was remanded until September 23 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanka S. Bodaragama.
Former Moratuwa Mayor Saman Lal Fernando was arrested at around 12:50 p.m.
The Bribery Commission said here that the former Mayor has been arrested in connection with an allegation of causing losses to the government by awarding road development projects of the Moratuwa Municipal Council to his associates.
He has reportedly granted 112 contracts using his own discretion and issued payments in violation of standard procedures.
