The Kuda-Oya Police have arrested a 33- year-old man on charges of sexually abusing an underage boy.
The incident had occurred when the 11-year-old child, his uncle, and the suspect had gone to collect wood at their plantation close to their house.
The boy had been sexually abused by the suspect when the two of them had returned home after collecting wood.
The suspect was produced before the Wellawaya Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
The Kuda- Oya Police are conducting further investigations into the incident. (NewsWire)