• The child had passed urine on bed while asleep and the matron had taken him to the bathroom and smeared chillie power on his genitals

By Tony Karunanayaka   

The matron of a children’s home in Divulapitiya who had  been arrested by police on suspicion of rubbing chillie powder on the genitals of a nine-year-old boy and inflicting him cruelties was  produced before Minuwangoda Magistrate Kesara C.A. Samaradivakara and released on personal bail of Rs.200,000.  

The suspect S. Niluka Neil Kumari was a resident of  Henpitagedara in Marandagahamula and a mother of a child.  Police informed  court that nine children who are under a court order and 14 others on the request of  their parents were under the care of the Children’s Home run by a couple  in Nawala.  

Police told the court that a nine-year-old child under the care  of the orphanage had passed urine on bed while asleep and that the matron had taken him to the bathroom and smeared  chillie power on the

genital organ.   The magistrate who severely warned the suspect woman not to  allow the recurrence of similar misdeeds held that she would be  released on bail, on the submissions of her lawyer.  Attorney-at-Law Sarala Karunaratne appeared for the suspect.       

The suspect S. Niluka Neil Kumari was a resident of  Henpitagedara in Marandagahamula and a mother of a child.  Police informed  court that nine children who are under a court order and 14 others on the request of  their parents were under the care of the Children’s Home run by a couple  in Nawala.  

Police told the court that a nine-year-old child under the care  of the orphanage had passed urine on bed while asleep and that the matron had taken him to the bathroom and smeared  chillie power on the genitals.   The magistrate who severely warned the suspect woman not to  allow the recurrence of similar misdeeds held that she would be  released on bail, on the submissions of her lawyer.  Attorney-at-Law Sarala Karunaratne appeared for the suspect.       

• The suspect S. Niluka Neil Kumari was a resident of  Henpitagedara in Marandagahamula and a mother of a child