Seventy-eight year-old man arrested for abusing 12 year old disabled girl
11 Jul 2010, 5:57 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
A 78 year-old man has been arrested for allegedly abusing a 12 year-old disabled girl last Friday on the island of Inguraidhoo in Raa Atoll.
Police Sub-Inspector Ahmed Shiyam confirmed that an elderly man was arrested in connection with a child abuse case in Inguraidhoo.
”We can’t provide further information regarding the case,” he said.
An islander familiar with the matter alleged that the girl’s mother sold her to the old man, “because the girl is a disabled girl and she cannot even attend to school,” he said.
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