
A four-year-old boy drowned in a pond in Hakimpur upazila of Dinajpur district on Monday afternoon.
Deceased Sakim Hossain was the son of Mostak Hossain, a resident of Chhatni Bilpara village in the upazila.
Deceased’s paternal grandfather Momin Hossain said he drowned in a pond beside home around 2pm when he was playing beside it.
His floating body was rescued and taken to Hakimpur Upazila Health Complex where the on-duty doctor declared him dead.
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