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By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana
Colombo, March 11 (Daily Mirror) - The suspect who sexually assaulted a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching hospital is found to be an army deserter, Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today.
Responding to a question raised by the Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa, the Minister said Police have found out the where abouts of the suspect and an operation is underway to arrest him.
"Five police teams have been deployed to investigate and arrest the suspect," he said.
Premadasa earlier said the doctor has been assaulted while she was on her way to the emergency call room of the hospital.