Missing Tamil youth found dead in Trincomalee

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The body of a 19 year old boy who went missing last week, was found on Monday in Trincomalee said the local police.

The youth, identified as Murugathas Harithas, from Varothaya town, was last seen by his father on Friday morning when he left to cut Palmyrah tree branches.

Murugathas did not return home that night, prompting his father to file a complaint with Uppuveli police.

His body was found in the hill region by by the Varothaya Amman temple.

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