It is reported that a 12-year-old boy who went swimming in Kala Oya in the evening yesterday (01) drowned.
It is said that the deceased child left the house saying that he was going to a church near Kala Oya with some friends and then they went to bathe in Kala Oya.
The child, who went swimming, drowned and died in a critical condition at the Nochchiyagama hospital, and the Nochchiyagama police are conducting further investigations.