Mother strangles 6-year-old daughter

2 September 2014 10:31 am

A 29-year-old mother in Kolonnawais reported to have strangled her six-year-old daughter for defecating inside the house.

The Police said Fathima Sakya had been regularly beaten by her mother for defecating inside the house.

The mother had admitted the little girl to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital saying she had fainted in the garden but she was dead on admission to the LRH.

The mother was arrested by the Wellampitiya police after the girl’s elder brother revealed that his mother strangled his sister.

The girl was to attend school next year.