A girl who went to take a selfie near the location of the water gauge in Atthanagalu Oya slipped and fell into the Oya and went missing. (Sri Lanka Latest News)
The police also mention that Fatima Fasna, 20, a resident of Gunasinghapura Apartments in Colombo, has gone missing. It has also been revealed that she has worked as a volunteer teacher in a school in Petaling Jaya.
It has been revealed that a group of people living in Gunasinghapura came to a house in Tihariya where their relatives live yesterday (02) afternoon, and this girl was also a stranger who came with the group.
It is said that seven people, including this young woman, had gone to bathe in the Attanagalu Oya yesterday afternoon, when this young woman slipped and fell from a rock.
Initial police investigations have revealed that she drowned when she shouted for help saying that she did not know how to swim.
The police together with the local residents have been trying till this afternoon to find the girl, but to no avail.
The Nittambuwa Police state that a navy diving team will be brought in to continue the search for the young woman.
