Balangoda Police investigating into the child who is reported missing in Samanalawatta, Balangoda from July 20 have started a search operation from yesterday based on scientific evidence.
“A combined search operation launched by the Police and Sri Lanka Army was temporarily suspended and investigations are continuing based on scientific evidence,” a senior Police official told the Daily News.
Police and Army personnel combed the area where the child is believed to have gone missing but were unable to find any clue on the missing child.
The 10-year-old child who is a student of Samanalawatta Vidyalaya, Balangoda had gone to the nearby forest to meet his father who was collecting firewood in the forest. Residents in the area believed that a leopard roaming the area might have harmed the child.