'Dead' woman shows up for own alms-giving day

A Sri Lankan elderly woman whp was declared dead after an accident turned up on the alms-giving day that marked the seventh day of her “death", ‘Sri Lanka Mirror’ reported.

In a road accident in the Rathmuthugala area around 3.30am on November 8, it was declared that an elderly woman had died and her body was at the morgue of the Ragama hospital.

Ten out of her eleven children identified the body to be their mother’s and after a postmortem, the body was handed over to them by the hospital authorities.

Since her death, the family members were holding alms-giving day after seven days on November 15 when the dead woman turned up at home, stunning everyone  at the home.

She told them that when she went to the Colombo National Hospital to seek treatment, doctors there admitted her and discharged her on November 15.

The Kadawatha police will present the old woman and her ten children before the court to resolve the matter of burying the remains of another woman.

2 fathers arrested for molesting 2 underage daughters

Polonnaruwa police in Sri Lanka arrested two fathers who had sexually abused their two underage daughters, “Lankadeepa” reported.

One of the suspects, 41, was a civil security guard and a father of two, who had been molested his 12-year-old daughter for about two years.

The second suspect, 40, who was a barber by profession, was arrested after initial investigations by police on a complaint lodged by his wife for sexually abusing their 3-year-old daughter.

Further investigations were being conducted by the police.

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