A 12-year-old child has been admitted to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children with serious injuries after jumping off the second floor of a house on April 13.
According to the police, the child, along with two other children, had visited a shop on Peer Saibo Street in Keselwatta and, on the way, had knocked on the gate of a two-storey house.
A resident of the house who had gotten angry over this is reported to have forcefully carried the child and locked her up in a room on the second floor of the house.
The frightened child had opened a window in the room and jumped out, sustaining serious injuries, police add.
The main suspect involved in the incident is said to have fled the area following the incident. Meanwhile, the Police have arrested a 59-year-old resident of Colombo 12 who had allegedly aided and abetted the crime.
The Keselwatta Police is conducting investigations.
