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29 March 2024

Mom goes to Gulf, dad kills girl child over her beauty

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Colombo - A father has been arrested by the Ragala Police in Sri Lanka for torturing and killing his three-and-half year old daughter by strangling her, ‘Lankadeepa’ has reported.

The mother had left the country for employment abroad leaving the children with the suspect, identified as S Suresh (33), who murdered the little child, identified as Imsiya.

When the suspect was questioned by the police, he confessed that he was suspicious that the child was not his as she was too fair and beautiful, especially when compared to her 5-year-old brother; so he killed her.

He added that he came to know that his wife had an extra-marital affair with a person from Pussellawa area and was suspicious that the child was that person’s.

After the wife left the country for Kuwait, the children were looked after by their grandmother and the suspect was further angered as she stopped sending him money.

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