70-year-old man jumps to his death at Hambantota hospital
May 22, 2013 02:08 pm
A seventy-year old
man who was in custody over charges of sexual assault and child molestation, committed
suicide by jumping off the second floor of the Hambantota General Hospital
while receiving treatment for a minor illness.
The man jumped to his
death this morning (May 22) and had been taken to hospital under police
protection for a minor ailment.
An Ada Derana
correspondent stated that the man had been charged for molesting his daughters.
The Hambantota police
are conducting further inquiries.