A 21-year-old youth drowned and another two youths went missing while bathing in the sea off Mount Lavinia last evening, the Police said.

The deceased, Jeyan Kumar Mahendren was a resident of Maskeliya. Eighteen-year-old Thiruchelvam Saravanakumar of Lindula and 21 year-old Balasubramaniam, a resident of Colombo had gone missing, the Police said.

The Mount Lavinia Police are investigating.