A man who sexually abused a 13-year-old beggar girl was remanded till May 13 by Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate Janaka Prasanna Samarasinghe, yesterday. The suspect is also a beggar.
Anuradhapura Police Child and Women’s Bureau officials arrested the suspect on a tip-off. Police said he had gotten the girl’s father drunk before taking her to a nearby thicket.
The accused is a resident of Mathawatta, Kegalle, while the victim is from Kataragama.
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