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Mother and stepfather held for beating child
View(s):The Matara police took into custody the mother and stepfather of a child who was brutally beaten by the man.
Police said the man resided in a flat in the vicinity of the Matara super market.
Both the mother and stepfather of the child were arrested by the Divisional Probation and Child Care Services Matara, after a complaint was made by the child’s grandmother.
The child has been admitted to the Matara General Hospital and has undergone a surgery on her hand which was fractured in two places.
The arrests were made after police viewed horrifying video footage of the man unmercifully beating the child which was caught on CCTV cameras. The footage is now circulating on social media.
The incident was recorded on CCTV at a shop where the attack took place. The video shows the man grabbing the child, along the hallway of the establishment and beating her repeatedly. It also shows him dashing the child on a couch.
The child was identified as a resident of Walasmulla and the man identified as her stepfather.
Police investigations revealed the mother and stepfather of the child are habitual drug addicts who have a history of drug abuse over a long period of time.
The suspects are to be produced in Court at a later date.
Investigations were conducted by the SDIG Rohan J. Silva under the supervision of the SSP Anil Priyantha and directed by Senior DIG Susil Wijegunawardana of the Southern Province. The team is led by OIC of Divisional Probation and Child Care Services Rasika Damayanthi.