A timekeeping officer attached to the Gampaha Regional Office of the Road Passenger Transport Authority has been arrested over allegations of soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rs 100 from a bus employee.

The suspect was arrested by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) on Tuesday (20) at around 12.25 p.m. inside his office booth at the Raddolugama bus stand.

He is accused of soliciting and accepting the bribe from an employee of a bus operating on Route No. 188 between Raddolugama and Colombo.

The alleged bribe had been sought in exchange for permitting the bus to commence its scheduled journey later than the stipulated time and allowing it to begin the journey under favourable conditions.

The suspect was scheduled to be produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.