A shocking incident has occurred in Meegoda, where a nine-year-old school girl was brutally assaulted by her stepfather. The Meegoda police have arrested the man responsible for the attack.
The young girl is currently receiving treatment at Homagama Base Hospital. According to the police, the assault took place after the girl was seen talking to one of her stepfather’s rivals on her way home from school and failed to inform him about it.
Witnesses report that neighbors intervened upon seeing the stepfather severely beating the girl. They managed to rescue her and subsequently retaliated against the assailant.
Following a complaint lodged with the police, the attacker, identified as an army corporal, was taken into custody.