Sri Lanka, Oct. 4 -- A 16-year-old school student residing in Kiriyankumbura, Bibile drowned in Samanala Wewa while on an educational trip to visit Sabaragamuwa University.

Samanalawewa Police confirmed the incident.

The unexpected event took place when a group of students travelling from the Monaragala area stopped their buses to view the Samanalawewa dam en route to the Kuragala sacred site.

Three students who arrived in one of the buses went down near the water leak to bathe, at which point one student was swept away by the current and went missing.

Following an immediate search operation conducted jointly by police and residents, the boy's body was recovered.

The body is currently kept at the Balangoda Hospital morgue while Saman...