The body of one of the two brothers, who went missing after bathing in the coast of Kalkudah in Pasikudah, has been recovered.

The victims were 21 and 18 years old.

According to the police, divers had been able to find the body of the twenty-one-year-old about 500 metres away from the Kalkudah Beach.

Police said that the two youth had disappeared at around 2 p.m. on Sunday, after they went for a sea bath.

Police said that the parents who were traumatised by the incident, had committed suicide by hanging themselves from a tree near their house.

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