The Police have arrested the mother of the deceased child and the female shaman who said to have caned her during the alleged ‘treatment process’.
Fathima Rizka, a resident of Kanduboda was taken to a witchcraft ritual centre after she was said to have been possessed by a demonic spirit.
The 9-year-old victim had fainted while being hit with a cane during the alleged ‘treatment process’ where an oil treatment also had taken place.
Later, she was pronounced dead upon admission to the Biyagama hospital.