Body of a youth recovered in Wattegama

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A body of a youth who went missing while bathing in Ras Ella in Wattegama was recovered by Navy yesterday, Navy said.

The Wattegama Police requested the assistance of Navy divers, having received information of a youth, Supun Sameera, a resident of Nagoda in Kalutara, went missing while bathing in a waterfall. Responding promptly to the situation, a group of Navy divers were sent to Ras Ella in search of the missing person, following the directives of the Naval Headquarters.

The Navy divers after a strenuous effort recovered the dead body of the youth which was crammed in a ditch right under the pool of water falling from above. The dead body was subsequently handed over to the Wattegama Police for onward investigations.

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