Sleeping child ABDUCTED
BY PREMALAL WIJERATNE-September 10, 2014
A gang had sneaked into a house at Nikadalupotha, Ambakolawewa, in the Kurunegala District, around 2:30 a.m. yesterday and abducted a four-year-old girl who was fast asleep with her mother, police said.
Police mentioned that the child was a twin and she had a brother. This was the second abduction of a child in the Kurunegala District in just under ten weeks.
The gang had gained entry to the house through the window that the occupants had used only polythene sheets to cover them.
Wellawa Police identified the child as Thamara Keshali Bandara, the second in a family of three children. The house the family live in is yet under construction.
Police said the mother of the victim had suddenly woken up and noticed that the polythene cover on the window had been cut and had been shocked when she found her little daughter was missing.
Police said the poor family solely depended on the income gained by sale of string hoppers.
Police believe the abduction may have been carried out by more than one individual.
Neighbours have told the police that the mother of this child was reported to be possessed by an evil spirit and was under treatment by an exorcist. The exorcist had visited the house on several occasions previously, police were told.
Her elder brother, W. M. Binul Javinu Bandara, who had been sleeping close to the abducted child, told our sister paper Mawbima ... "My other sister and I slept by the side of the wall. My father, mother and the sister who was abducted slept on the bed. While asleep, I felt an arm going over my body. I thought it was my Loku Nangi. Then I felt a cold breeze woke up. Then I saw my Nangi (sister) was missing. I woke up my father and asked whether my Nangi had come to bed. Then only we realized that Nangi was missing".
The victim's father, W. M. Anura Bandara said; "My son woke up and asked me whether his sister was with me. I woke up and the time was 2:00 a.m. I saw the moonlight coming into the house. The polythene sheet that covered the window had been cut in two places. I called 119 and informed the police. If my daughter had screamed we would have woken up. She may have been fast asleep."
Police visited the scene and inspected the room in which the child had been sleeping. The house does not have electricity, police said. Police are looking out for a man who had come to that vicinity in search of a house the previous evening. One of the keys in the front door had gone missing, police said.
Special police teams have been deployed to search for the missing child.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Jagath Abesirigunawardene is directing further investigations.
BY PREMALAL WIJERATNE-September 10, 2014 A gang had sneaked into a house at Nikadalupotha, Ambakolawewa, in the Kurunegala District, around 2:30 a.m. yesterday and abducted a four-year-old girl who was fast asleep with her mother, police said.
Police mentioned that the child was a twin and she had a brother. This was the second abduction of a child in the Kurunegala District in just under ten weeks.
The gang had gained entry to the house through the window that the occupants had used only polythene sheets to cover them.
Wellawa Police identified the child as Thamara Keshali Bandara, the second in a family of three children. The house the family live in is yet under construction.
Police said the mother of the victim had suddenly woken up and noticed that the polythene cover on the window had been cut and had been shocked when she found her little daughter was missing.
Police said the poor family solely depended on the income gained by sale of string hoppers.
Police believe the abduction may have been carried out by more than one individual.
Neighbours have told the police that the mother of this child was reported to be possessed by an evil spirit and was under treatment by an exorcist. The exorcist had visited the house on several occasions previously, police were told.
Her elder brother, W. M. Binul Javinu Bandara, who had been sleeping close to the abducted child, told our sister paper Mawbima ... "My other sister and I slept by the side of the wall. My father, mother and the sister who was abducted slept on the bed. While asleep, I felt an arm going over my body. I thought it was my Loku Nangi. Then I felt a cold breeze woke up. Then I saw my Nangi (sister) was missing. I woke up my father and asked whether my Nangi had come to bed. Then only we realized that Nangi was missing".
The victim's father, W. M. Anura Bandara said; "My son woke up and asked me whether his sister was with me. I woke up and the time was 2:00 a.m. I saw the moonlight coming into the house. The polythene sheet that covered the window had been cut in two places. I called 119 and informed the police. If my daughter had screamed we would have woken up. She may have been fast asleep."
Police visited the scene and inspected the room in which the child had been sleeping. The house does not have electricity, police said. Police are looking out for a man who had come to that vicinity in search of a house the previous evening. One of the keys in the front door had gone missing, police said.
Special police teams have been deployed to search for the missing child.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Jagath Abesirigunawardene is directing further investigations.
