Body of 9-year-old missing boy found

21 October 2015 07:05 am

The body of a nine-year-old boy who went missing on Saturday in Buttala, was found on the banks of the Menik Ganaga in Demodaramulla, today, Police said.

The parents of the mentally challenged child, Supun Pushpakumara complained to the Police on Saturday when their son did not return home.

Police said the boy had gone missing while returning home by himself after going to the paddy field with his father, adjacent to the Yala forest reserve.