The chief warden of Avanthi Devi Children’s Home in Anuradhapura, who under remand custody over the alleged abuses and misconducts at the residential institution, has been granted bail today (January 26). Chief Magistrate Janaka Prasanna Samarasinghe ordered to release the suspect on two personal bails valued at Rs 200,000. Avanthi Devi Children’s Home, which was complicit in several cases of sexual abuses and other irregularities, was recently exposed by Ada Derana ‘Ukussa’. The police had arrested the chief warden based on the statements recorded from the girls who were accommodated at the Avanthi Devi Children’s Home. In the meantime, a 34-year-old named Nalinda Kelum Senanayake, who posed as a yoga instructor, has been also arrested on Tuesday (January 12), for allegedly abusing the girls at Avanthi Devi Children’s Home.

Source: The Nation January 26, 2021 18:22 UTC