Sri Lanka, July 21 -- Two individuals who went fishing in the Panahaduwa lake in Udawalawa have drowned, police stated.

The two individuals drowned while fishing using a tube as support.

The two individuals aged 29 and 30 are residents of Panahaduwa.

An area resident reportedly witnessed the moment they drowned and informed the police.

Following this, life-saving officers of the Embilipitiya Police and Sri Lanka Army divers arrived at the scene and commenced a search operation, during which the body of one individual was recovered.

The search operation is ongoing to locate the body of the other missing individual.

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