A Tamil student was found dead in Thalavaakkalai, near Nuwara Eliya, in the Central Province on Sunday, Ada Derana reported.
Yoganathan Sivatharshan, who disappeared from his house in Mattukalai on Friday, was found near the Melkothmalai reservoir.
People from his town protested and blockaded a road in Thalavaakalai, saying they suspected Sivatharshan’s death to be murder and charged that local police took insufficient action when he was reported missing.
Local politician Murali Ragunathan, who is a former Central Province councillor and leader of the New Labour Front, called on the police to conduct an investigation into the death.
Thalavaakkalai is a majority Up-Country Tamil town in the Central Province, which is dominated by Sinhalese.