(COLOMBO) – A 52-year-old Christian nun at a hostel in northern Sri Lanka was been arrested for allegedly beating up girls residing at the facility, police said on Thursday.
The incident was reported from the northern town of Kayts some 426 kilometers from the commercial capital of Colombo.
The nun was arrested following a complaint made by a group of girls to the local police at Kayts.
The girls told police that the nun had assaulted them repeatedly without any provocation. Some of the girls managed to escape from the hostel and reported the incidents to the police.
Upon investigation, Police discovered that 11 girls, aged between 13 and 19, were living at the hostel. The girls were found to have sustained minor injuries due to the assaults.
The nun was produced before a local Magistrate, where she was initially remanded but later granted bail.
The Magistrate also ordered that the girls be transferred to a children’s State receiving home in nearby Thiranaveli.
