A child drowned in a pond near her house while playing there in Bogura’s Dhunat Sunday.
The deceased was identified as one-and-a-half-year-old Amena Khatun, daughter of Aminul Islam of Chikashi union, Dhunat Upazila Heath Complex Resident Medical Officer Ashraful Kabir said.
The child died while being rushed to the Upazila Health Complex, he added.
Earlier, Amena was playing in the yard of her house at 10am. As the family members were not around, she fell into the pond and drowned.
The one-and-a-half-year-old’s family members started looking for her as she was not to be seen anywhere.
At one stage, her body was found floating on the pond near her house, according to local sources.
Source: United News of Bangladesh