Sri Lanka, March 12 -- More details have emerged regarding the suspect, who was arrested this morning in connection with the sexual assault of a female doctor at the doctors' quarters of the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital on Monday night (10).

The suspect has been identified as a 34-year-old resident of the Galnewa area, the police said.

Meanwhile, reports indicate that the arrested suspect, who had been remanded in custody in connection with a separate case, had only been released on Monday (10), the day on which the incident in question had occurred.

It has also been revealed that he has previously lived as a layperson wearing monastic robes and had also absconded from military service.

Following the incident, the suspect had fled t...