COLOMBO (News 1st); A man has gone missing while after drowning in Panadura.

News 1st correspondent stated that the man had disappeared after going near the Bolgoda river to wash his face, following a wait of several hours in a gas queue near the Rankotha temple in Panadura yesterday (3).

Another man who also went along with the missing person said that the he wanted to wash up his limbs, however after getting into the water, was unable to come out of it.

The missing person has been identified as a 45-year-old father of four from Dammanawatte, Elpitiya, Thunduwa.

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