Ragama Police yesterday arrested the woman who had brutally assaulted a 17-year-old girl in Kurukulawa based on the video clip circulating in the social media.
The suspect is said to be the girl’s 39-year-old step mother. The girl has been admitted to the Ragama Teaching Hospital by the Police.
Police said that the girl’s mother had passed away and she is living with this woman who is the wife of the father’s second marriage.
Police investigations have revealed that the victim’s father had taken the footage of the CCTV cameras installed at home from abroad on his mobile phone and released the video on Facebook of the woman assaulting the girl.
The suspect was to be produced before Wattala Magistrate yesterday evening. Investigations are continuing under the supervision of Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon.