A 60-year-old has been remanded up until 08 March after being jailed on charges of molesting a group of girls at an orphanage in Rakwana, Ratnapura.The arrestee, who was remanded on orders of the Ralmadulla Magistrates Court, has been identified as the spouse of a warden at the orphanage, presently utilized at a fuel shed in the area.

He was jailed on 24 February by the Ratnapura Police, following a tip-off they had actually received from the Divisional Secretariat of the Godakawela area, while the wardens work at the orphanage was likewise terminated following this incident.

Examinations have exposed that a girl who was subjected to major sexual assault at the orphanage was later on required to cope with the warden and her husband after she turned 18 years old.

While the lady in question was confessed to the Kahawatte Hospital, Police assured that more examinations into the matter are underway.