Clandestine love affair led man to push wife, infant to sea

21 September 2015 12:49 am

The suspect who pushed his wife and youngest daughter into the sea, in a confession to the police, said that he had wanted to get rid of his wife so that he could marry a woman who he had not even seen.

He said the woman, who had identified herself as Madushika, was from Kurunegala, but he had not even seen her to date. He explained that he had got her phone number by accident, after he dialed a number incorrectly.

He was arrested by the police on charges of pushing his wife and daughter into the sea at Mahapalana in Kosgoda. The child drowned in the sea while his wife survived the fall. He however explained that he had not intended to kill his daughter and that he was forced to do so because when he asked his wife to hand the child over to him she had refused to let go of her and a result both had fallen off the rock after he pushed his wife over.

He had previously asked his wife to take the younger child to the beach with them so as not to arouse suspicion that he was going to harm her. (Hemantha De Silva)