INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The 52-year-old, arrested in connection with the death of a child in the Halbarawa area in Malabe last evening (June 09), has been remanded
in custody until June 15, after being produced before the Aluthkade No
bottle, was found dead on Thursday evening at a construction site in the Mulleriyawa police division.It was observed that the five-year-old,
named Jonathan Mark Fonseka had died of excessive bleeding
Meanwhile, pieces of a broken glass bottle too were found approximately 4 feet away from the body
But this had raised suspicions as the investigators could not find any blood stains between the body and the shards.Later, in a shocking
revelation made during his confession, the suspect had admitted that the boy had not, in fact, died from cut wounds caused by the shards of
a broken glass bottle as initially suspected.In his confession, the 51-year-old grass cutter admitted that the child had died after the
blades of his lawnmower had struck the boy accidentally.Grappled with panic at the time, the suspect had then placed the shards of a broken
glass bottle near the body, making it appear as the apparent cause of the critical injuries suffered by the child.The police earlier said
the child had been looked after by his grandparents during the daytime, while his mother, who is separated from her husband, was away at
work.The body of the child was handed over to the parents following the completion of the post-mortem examination at the Infectious Disease
Hospital (IDH) in Mulleriyawa.
