UPDATE (7.52 pm): Body of the teacher who went missing along with 3 other in Ekgal Oya has been recovered, stated the Police.
Police will continue the search until they find fourth missing person as well.
The remaining person has been identified to be a guardsman of the school.
Bodies of the principal and the student who went missing at Ekgal Oya have been recovered.
A principal and 3 others were reported missing at Ekgal Oya in Damana-Ampara, this morning (08).
A group from Kandana-Badulla Siriseevali Maha Vidyalaya had come on a trip to Damana, where, 9 people from the group had ridden a boat in Ekgal Oya.
The boat had then capsized and fishermen in the area had been able to rescue 5 of them while 4 others had gone missing.
Reportedly, among the missing are the Principal of the said school, a teacher, guardsman of the school and a 13 year student.
Police and the residents in the area had commenced a search for the missing persons, according to the Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara.
