Three people, including two youths who raped a schoolgirl studying in the 11th grade at a main school in the Ginigathhena area on several occasions and a suspect who allegedly supported the act, were arrested on the (18) day, said the OIC of the Ginigathhena Police, Chief Inspector Viraj Withanage.
The schoolgirl had been in a romantic relationship with a youth from the Gonawala area in Ginigathhena, and when she went to meet her boyfriend, the boyfriend took the schoolgirl to a friend’s house, where she had told the Ginigathhena Police that the boyfriend and his friend had raped the schoolgirl, the police OIC further said.
The schoolgirl in the custody of her grandmother had left home on the morning of the 17th and returned home at night, and the grandmother had lodged a complaint with the Ginigathhena Police. Accordingly, the police, acting on the complaint, have summoned the schoolgirl to the police and questioned her. It was revealed that she had been raped on several occasions and the student has been referred to the Judicial Medical Officer of the Nawalapitiya District General Hospital for a medical examination, the OIC said.
The suspects arrested are in the age group of 16-17 years, and the three suspects will be produced before the Hatton Magistrate’s Court on the (19)th, the OIC further said.
- Ranjith Rajapaksa