Doc remanded for murder

14 July 2010 11:19 am

By N. Parameshwaran

A doctor who had allegedly raped and killed a midwife in Jaffna was produced in court today and remanded. The Kayts Magistrate ordered the doctor, identified as Priyantha Seneviratne, be remanded till 24th July.

Seneviratne, a doctor in charge of Velanai hospital, is accused of killing the midwife last Saturday.  Hundreds of health workers staged a protest in Jaffna this week demanding the arrest of the doctor. (Daily Mirror online)