CID records statements from over 750 people on Kurunegala doctor

19 Jun, 2019

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has recorded statements from over 750 people with regards to allegations made against Dr. Seigu Siyabdeen Mohamed Saafi, who was attached to the Kurunegala hospital.

The police said that statements have been recorded from 758 people, including around 600 women.

The doctor had been accused of illegally sterilizing several women during operations he had conducted, preventing them from being able to give birth again.

However the family of the doctor has denied the allegations made against him.

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