Court orders arrest of doctor over abortion claims

Colombo Additional Magistrate Pavithra Sanjeewani Pathiraja has ordered the arrest of a doctor accused of performing an illegal abortion at a private hospital in Colombo, Mawbima newspaper reported. 

The order follows an investigation by Dematagoda Police into allegations that a woman aborted a foetus older than seven weeks without her husband’s knowledge. 

The woman who allegedly aborted her foetus had been arrested after a complaint was lodged by her husband, a resident of Colombo 14.  

Previously court had ordered that all suspects involved in the case be arrested and produced before the court. 

The doctor who allegedly performed the abortion had received Rs. 30,500 for the procedure, the court was informed. 

Investigations into the incident are ongoing while the suspect woman has been remanded. (Islandnews)