The grandmother and granddaughter who went to cross a stream fall victim to the water monster

A grandmother and her granddaughter who went to cross a canal that flows into the Kelani river through Polpitiya, Hitigegama, Bokarawewila area have been swept away by the current.

The Polpitiya police stated that while returning home from pre-school and picking up her granddaughter due to heavy rains in the area, both of them were caught in the current of the canal while going to cross a canal near the Hitigegama temple.

The grandmother is 60 years old and the granddaughter is 5 years old.

The body of the grandmother, who was swept away by the current and lost her life, has been found below the canal.

Pellisia said that her body has been deposited at Ginigathena Regional Hospital.

Local residents and Polpitiya police officers have launched an operation to find the body of the missing granddaughter.