A cardiologist and another person have also been arrested for allegedly abusing “the fifteen-year-old girl” contacted through an internet portal.
Many people are in custody to date including, the girl’s mother, Deputy Chairman of the Mihintale PS and a former State Minister of Maldives in connection with the matter.
According to Police, the other person involved, taken into custody for trafficking the under-aged girl.
The Cardiologist attached to a hospital close to Colombo was arrested in Bandaragama this morning while the other suspect arrested in Kiriwaththuduwa.
So far, thirty-two suspects are in custody for sexually abusing the fifteen-year-old girl.
