(UTV|COLOMBO) – Potuvil Police has arrested a mother of three after her children, two boys (14) and (13), and a 7-year-old girl, had come to the Police Station asking for food as they claimed to have been starving for several days.
The Police had taken immediate steps to provide food and beverages to the children.
According to the Police, the father had gone for foreign employment and the mother was not taking care of her children properly.
The mother was remanded until 12 December after she was produced before the Potuvil Magistrate’s Court by Police.
The children were handed over to their uncle under the custodian of the Child Protection Authority, while the Magistrate further ordered the Police to produce the children before the Potuvil Magistrate’s Court on 12 December.
[alert color=”faebcc” icon=”fa-commenting”]Keeping up to date with breaking news while you are on the move is now simple with UTV Alerts [textmarker color=”8a6d3b”]Type REG UTV and send to 77000[/textmarker] on your Dialog, Airtel, or Hutch mobile connection[/alert]