Boy drowns in Chattogram pond

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A nine-year-old boy drowned in a pond in Hathazari upazila of Chattogram district on Monday afternoon.

Deceased Md Yamin was the son of Hossain, a resident of Boalia village in the upazila.

Locals said Yamin came to visit his maternal grandfather’s home at Mozaffarpur village under Mekhal union in the upazila a few days ago.

He alongwith other children went to a nearby pond this afternoon to take bath. At one stage, he drowned in the water.

After a while, local people rescued him and took him to Hathazari Upazila Health Complex where the on-duty doctor declared him dead.