Sri Lanka, July 27 -- The body of a four-year-old girl was discovered in the Devon Waterfall last afternoon (26), according to the Dimbula Pathana Police.

The girl, a resident of Kotagala, Hatton, had fallen into a canal near her house.

The girl's mother had dressed her eldest daughter to accompany her to a Malwara festival and was not at home when she realised the 4-year-old was missing.

An officer from the Dimbula Pathana Police stated that the daughter's body was found in the Devon Waterfall, into which the canal flows.

Dimbula Pathana Police, investigating the incident, suspect that the girl may have fallen into a small canal in front of her house, which flows into Devon Falls, and was swept away by the water for about 100 meters ...