A 14-year-old girl who could not bear the scolding and assaults of a Child Welfare and Development Centre in Narahenpita was taken to hospital after drinking a liquid disinfectant used to clean the toilets.
A Police Officer said that the Child and Women’s Bureau of the Narahenpita Police went to the Child Welfare and Development Centre and started investigations based on a telephone message given to the Narahenpita Police by the National Child Protection Authority that a girl had been admitted to a hospital in the Narahenpita area after drinking disinfectant liquid.
During the investigation it was revealed that on the afternoon of November 6, the head warden and the kitchen maid of the orphanage abused and assaulted the girl and the Police said that the girl drank a liquid disinfectant used to clean the toilets.
Investigations have revealed that the warden and the kitchen maid kept the bottle containing liquid disinfectant next to the girl and kept beating her even more while shouting, forcing the girl to drink more of the detergent liquid and die.
Police said that investigations revealed that the girl who was scared by the shouting to drink more had repeatedly drunk more of the disinfectant.
It has also been revealed in the Police investigation that the girl was constantly assaulted by both these persons. Statements have been obtained from the girl, the head warden, the kitchen maid and nearly five people regarding the incident. A hospital spokesperson said that the girl is currently being treated at the Colombo National Hospital ward number 46A.
On the instructions of Narahenpita Police OIC, Chief Inspector Akila Ranasinghe, Woman Police Sergeant Indrani Ratnayake, Children and Women’s Bureau OIC at Narahenpita Police is conducting investigations.
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