A 12-year-old novice monk living in Sumanakirthi Maha Pirivena at Narangwala, Meegawatta, fell into the well while going to the well to take a bath.
Meegawatta Police say that the name of the victim monk is Dankotuwe Ariyadewa.
The police say that the accident happened when he went to bathe yesterday afternoon on the 21st.
Since there was no sign, although it had been a long time since he had gone to bathe, others were looking for him, and his body was found floating in the well.
The police say that an investigation is going on in this regard.
