53 year old man arrested for raping 14 year old girl in Haputale

By Prasad Rukmal

Colombo, June 1 (Daily Mirror) - An individual who raped and impregnated a 14 year old schoolgirl was taken into custody yesterday by Haputale police. The 53 year old suspect is a father of three children.
Police said the victim is a resident of Calbon estate in Haputale and a Grade ten student of a school in the area.
When she complained of stomach trouble, her mother had taken her to Panketiya rural hospital from where she was transferred to Diyatalawa base hospital. The doctors who examined her said that she was five months pregnant..
Investigations revealed that the suspect had entered the house when her parents were away from home for work and raped her.
She told police that she was raped first last December and again in January this year. A police team under OIC Haputale Police Sepala Ratnayaka is conducting further investigations on the instructions of ASP Ruwan Fernando.