Sri Lanka, April 16 -- The Acting Magistrate of Kalutara, Bandula Weerasinghe, yesterday (15) ordered that a patient accused of sexually assaulting a female doctor at the Nagoda Teaching Hospital be remanded until April 27.

The suspect, a resident of Thannahena, Samagipura, Mahagama, had initially been admitted to the Pimbura Base Hospital with a head injury before being transferred to Nagoda Teaching Hospital for further treatment. He was receiving treatment in Ward No. 22 at the time of the incident.

According to the complaint, the incident occurred on April 14 (New Year's Day) at around 6.30 p.m., when an intern doctor went to check the patient's blood pressure. The doctor alleged that during the examination, the patient inappropriat...