The Katunayake International Airport Police have detained an Indian man suspected of sexually abusing a nine-year-old Sri Lankan girl, who was a fellow passenger on their flight from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The airline staff apprehended the 49-year-old carpenter, who had arrived from Riyadh and was in transit to India through Katunayake.
The victim, along with her mother and sister, was returning from a visit to her father employed in Saudi Arabia. They hailed from Getahetta in Awissawella. Both the girl and the suspect were taken to Negombo General Hospital for a medical examination.
The suspect was to produce before the Negombo magistrate.
