Regarding a case of rape of a 14-year-old school girl Dombagahawela police have arrested 04 people including a Chivaradhari of a temple in that area in Dombagahawela area of Monaragala.

The girl, a resident of Ja-Ala area, had come to her aunt's house, a resident of Dombagahawela area, during the school holidays and preliminary investigations have revealed that the incident took place during that period.

Our reporter said that when she went to the temple with her grandmother and aunt, with the help of both of them, the girl was sexually assaulted inside the temple.

Apart from that, the police investigation has revealed that one of the brothers of the headman also went to the house of the girl's aunt and sexually assaulted the girl.

According to a complaint received by the Dombagahawela police regarding the incident, Cheevaradhariya, his brother and the aunt and grandmother who supported this crime have also been arrested.

The suspects have been remanded until the 10th of January after being produced before the Monaragala Magistrate's Court and the officers of the Dombagahawela Police Station are conducting further investigations regarding the incident.