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29 March 2024

Mother's lover makes daughter pregnant

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Kandy - A man is accused of sexually abusing his paramour’s underaged daughter and has been taken into custody by the Cinnamon Gardens police.

It was revealed the mother covered up the offence for fear of her lover being arrested.
The Children’s and Women’s Bureau of Galaha police acted on a complaint lodged by the victim’s aunt and commenced investigations.

The suspect, hearing that police were looking for him had fled the area, and was working as a domestic help at a house in Cinnamon Gardens.
The victim was sent for a medical examination and it was found that she was six months pregnant. The suspect was produced before Kandy Magistrate Sethsiri Herath and released on bail.

Mother sells infant to buy house

Colombo - A mother, who sold her six-month-old infant for Rs30,000 and the woman, who bought the child have both been released on bail by an Additional Magistrate in Sri Lanka, in a case that has shocked the nation.

The infant has also been released to the mother’s custody.
Police Constable SS Thilakaratne filing the case before the court stated that the infant’s mother was living in a rented house and discussed a deal with the woman she met at a temple, whereby she would ‘sell’ her child to the woman for Rs50,000.

The mother hoped to use the money to buy a house.

The mother of the infant later lodged a complaint with the Sapugaskanda Police alleging that though the buyer paid Rs 30,000, she had agreed to pay her Rs50,000. The birth-certificate of the infant and even a receipt for payment for the sale of the infant were produced before the court as evidence.