Sri Lanka, April 30 -- By Sumanasiri Gunatilleka

Four incidents of rape involving underage girls have been reported today from the Buttala, Wedekumbura, Kudaoya and Wellawaya police areas in the Moneragala district.

A 13 year old school girl of Katugahagalge in Buttala had been abducted and raped by a young man and the suspect was arrested on April 27 during investigations of her mother's complaint that she had gone missing after she went to school on April 19.

Investigations revealed that she had been in love with her elder sister's lover and had eloped with him. The 25 year old young man had taken her to a lodge in Wellwaya area and raped her for about a week and later at a lodge in the Awissawella area. Buttala police are conducting...