Police raid house

Eleven year girl employed as domestic aid

Suraj A Bandara

The Chilaw Police found an 11-year-old girl who had been employed as a domestic aid in a luxurious house.

The Child and Women's Bureau of the Chilaw Police raided the house on a tip off given by a resident of the area.

When the Child Protection and Probation officers along with the Police raided the house the girl was feeding an infant. Police searched the house on a Court order to arrest the girl's employer.

The girl had worked three months without any payments. She is the eldest child of a three-member family in Nuwara Eliya. She had never gone to a school and had expressed her willingness to attend a school like other students.