A mother and her Illegitimate husband who sold a 2-year-old girl for Rs. 40,000 and bought a mobile phone worth Rs. 15,000 with the money have been arrested by the Dharmapuram Police.
A woman who bought the girl has also been arrested by the Dharmapuram Police.
The complaint in this regard has been forwarded to the police station by the Dharmapuram Grama Niladhari. The Dharmapuram Police say that these suspects were arrested based on that complaint.
It is reported that the girl who was sold in this way is suffering from thalassemia and she has another four-year-old daughter who is also suffering from the same disease. During interrogation, they said that they sold the girl in question to get money for the treatment of the girl. The two suspects and the suspect have been remanded until the 29th of this month after being produced before the Kilinochchi Court.