{"id":165924,"date":"2016-07-30T18:09:11","date_gmt":"2016-07-30T12:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=165924"},"modified":"2016-07-31T00:00:14","modified_gmt":"2016-07-30T18:30:14","slug":"12-year-old-girl-child-gang-raped-police-on-the-hunt-for-a-buddhist-monk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/12-year-old-girl-child-gang-raped-police-on-the-hunt-for-a-buddhist-monk\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Year Old Girl Child Gang Raped: Police On The Hunt For A Buddhist Monk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At least 12 people have been arrested and remanded for allegedly gang raping a 12 year old child girl in Matara. Among those arrested is a soldier as well as the woman who had rented out a room to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Rape&amp;x=12&amp;y=4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rapists<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The police is also currently on the lookout for a Buddhist Monk who had allegedly raped the girl. The monk is believed to be in hiding and the court has issued a foreign travel ban on the monk.<\/p>\n<p>On July 10, the parents of the victim had lodged a complaint with the police informing them that their 12 year old daughter had gone missing. Subsequently, after a special search operation by the Matara Children and Women Bureau, the girl was found on July 21.<\/p>\n<p>OIC of the Bureau Keshala Bogahawatte told media that in one instance the girl had been raped at least by 9 men and on same day she was taken to another house in the night where she was raped by more men.<\/p>\n<p>After being raped for a second time, the rapists had released her, and she had then gone to a temple seeking refuge because this was the same temple her mother visits regularly. However, after she went to the temple the monk there had taken her to a room and had raped her once more. 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