Asst. director of education suspect in sexual abuse complaint

26 January 2012 07:40 am

An Assistant Director of Education in the Hingurakgoda Educational Zone was taken into custody and remanded on suspicion of sexually abusing two girls of the Hakamuna Dharmapala Bosath Children’s Home. 

He was produced before the Hingurakgoda Magistrate, Kapila Dushayantha Epitawela and remanded till February 8, 2012. Police told court that the two girls had been sexually abused since 2008, by the suspect. Further inquiries are being conducted into the incident. (K.G. Karunaratne)