Sri Lanka, Nov. 25 -- A woman who claims to possess a megical healing power and popularly known as 'Seetha Maniyo' was arrested yesteday by the Horowpathana police for severely beating a 16 year old girl with a cane and causing her burn injuries with a red hot areca-nut cutter to cure her sickness.

The girl's parents had brought her to the woman's devala at Welimuwapothana to cure her sickness through devine powers.

The 45 year old woman is a resident of Kapugollewa in Horowpathana. Police sais the supect who claims to possess a devine healing power is running a devala in a room of her home.

The girl who called over at the devala to obtain treatment is a resident of Pihimbiyagollewa in Medawchchiya.

The woman who examined the girl ha...