{"id":28427,"date":"2025-07-01T18:41:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T13:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=28427"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:41:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T13:11:07","slug":"ex-motor-traffic-chief-arrested-in-bribery-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=28427","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Motor Traffic Chief Arrested in Bribery Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Commissioner General of the Department of Motor Traffic, Nishantha Weerasinghe, has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The arrest comes as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged misconduct and irregularities that took place during his tenure in office. Authorities have not yet disclosed the full details of the charges but confirmed the arrest was made following credible findings during the probe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weerasinghe is expected to be presented before the Colombo Chief Magistrate\u2019s Court, where further legal proceedings will commence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This development adds to a series of high-level corruption investigations currently underway, signaling continued efforts to uphold transparency and accountability in public service.<\/p>\n<div class='saic-wrapper saic-default saic-comments-closed saic-border' style='overflow: hidden;'><div class='saic-wrap-link'><a id='saic-link-28427' class='saic-link saic-icon-link saic-icon-link-true auto-load-true' href='?post_id=28427&amp;comments=0&amp;get=30&amp;order=DESC' title='0 Comments'><i class='saico-comment'><\/i><span>0<\/span> Comments<\/a><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-link--><div id='saic-wrap-commnent-28427' class='saic-wrap-comments' style='display:none;'><div id='saic-wrap-form-28427' class='saic-wrap-form saic-clearfix'><div class='saic-form-avatar'><\/div><div id='saic-container-form-28427' class='saic-container-form saic-no-login'><p>Comments are closed<\/p><\/div><!--.saic-container-form--><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-form--><div id='saic-comment-status-28427'  class='saic-comment-status'><\/div><ul id='saic-container-comment-28427' class='saic-container-comments saic-order-DESC ' data-order='DESC'><\/ul><div class='saic-holder-28427 saic-holder'><\/div><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-comments--><\/div><!--.saic-wrapper-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Commissioner General of the Department of Motor Traffic, Nishantha Weerasinghe, has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-smartphones","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28428,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28427\/revisions\/28428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}