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Bathiudeen’s wife appears before court

24 Jul 2021

Rishad Bathiudeen’s wife, who was arrested along with three other suspects over the alleged abuse of an underage domestic aide at the residence of the MP was produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court this morning (24). Bathiudeen’s father-in-law and brother-in-law as well as the agent who provided them with the underaged girl for domestic work have also been arrested. On July 15, a 16-year-old girl, who was serving as a domestic aide  at the Bathiudeen residence, succumbed to severe burn injuries while receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital. She had been under medical care for 12 days since her admission to the hospital on July 03. The girl, who was residing in the Dayagama area, had been 15 years of age when she was brought to the parliamentarian’s private residence at Bauddhaloka Mawatha for domestic work last October. The judicial medical officer who conducted the post-mortem on the girl’s death concluded that she had been sexually exploited. Meanwhile, the Attorney General has appointed a Deputy Solicitor General and a team to provide legal advice for the action on the case.


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