Two youth missing in Maskeliya [November 23 2013]

Two youth who went to bathe in Maskeliya Oya are missing since yesterday afternoon, the police said.

The missing youth have been identified as Dharmapalan Mahesh (17) and Thiruchelvam Dayasheelan (21) of Brownwich Estate in Maskeliya.

Residents of the area backed by police and Navy sailors are engaged in the search of the youth who are suspected to have drowned.