13 June 2017 09:33 am
The dog had brought the body to their house on Sunday night around 7.30 p.m. after digging up the place where the infant had been buried.
Police said the 23-yar-old suspect woman had admitted herself to the Mahiyangana Base hospital complaining of bleeding.It was also revealed that she had a daughter aged one and half years.
Her 25-year-old husband had told police he had noticed that the dog was carrying a piece of flesh and he later observed it to be the body of a new born baby.
Police said the woman was to be arrested. (Nishantha Kumara)