Dead body of an infant recovered from a septic tank

Jul 14, 2016

On a Magistrate court order a new born baby’s body  dumped had been recovered from a septic tank today afternoon the 14th instant.

The incident is reported from Peradeniya Kosginna area.The mother of the child had been treated for hypertension at the Peradeniya teaching hospital. During her investigations it had been revealed that she had given birth to a child.

 

The hospital Police post had informed the Peradeniya Police.The authorities of the Peradeniya had arrested her for the offence for questioning.

 

The mother had confessed to the Police personnel that she had given birth to the child on the 12th instant.She had quipped that the inmates at home had not known that she had been pregnant. She had told that the stomach had bloated owing to gastritis. The child still born had died on birth she had conveyed to the Police. Hence she had added that she had thrown the dead child into the septic tank.

 

Accordingly when produced before Kandy Magistrates courts the acting Magistrate Mahinda Liyanage had ordered the body to be exhumed.

 

While the mother was been treated at the Peradeniya teaching hospital the police are conducting investigations into the incident.