The Public Health Department of the Colombo Municipal Council (PHD-CMC) exposed a racket carried out by individuals claiming to be CMC employees to obtain money from eatery owners in the city.
According to the, PHD they had received several complaints from eatery owners during the past few weeks. The individuals telephoned eatery owners identifying themselves PHIs and food inspectors attached to the PHD and demanded money which the businessmen were asked to transfer via mobile phones. The racketeers pretended to be in trouble.
PHD urged eatery owners to beware of the racketeers and contact the PHD via hotline – 011 2676161 if anyone called them soliciting bribes.
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