The bodies of all four employees of a private company in Colpetty who drowned while bathing in a stream in Deniyaya on Saturday (7) have been recovered, Police confirmed.
The incident occurred at Kale Dola, a natural stream in the Bewaraliya area of Deniyaya, where a group of seven young men employed at a private computer company in Colpetty had travelled for a leisure trip.
According to Police, six members of the group entered the stream to bathe when four of them were swept away by the water and went missing.
A search operation was subsequently launched by the Sri Lanka Navy, Police and local residents to locate the missing individuals.
Search teams recovered three bodies earlier, while the body of the fourth victim was found on Sunday (8), bringing the total number of fatalities to four.
Navy divers and local residents assisted Police in the search operation, which continued until all four bodies were recovered.
Police are conducting further investigations into the circumstances surrounding the incident. (Newswire)
