A 65-year-old unmarried and hearing-impaired woman in Sri Lanka was raped in her brother’s house.
Nugegoda Chief Magistrate Aruna Aluthge ordered the Children’s and Women’s Bureau of the Mirihana Police to investigate and apprehend a suspect, who raped the old woman, ‘Lankadeepa’ reported.
Making a statement to the Mirihana police, the victim said she is a hearing-impaired woman, aged 65 years and her house was adjoined to her younger brother’s house.
Since she was unable to live alone, she lived in a room at her brother’s house. When she went outside around 8pm to light an oil lamp, a man with a sarong pushed her in to the room and raped her.
Based on the above complaint, the magistrate made the above order and Mirihana police are conducting an investigation to apprehend the culprit.
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