Sirajdikhan: A four-year-old boy drowned in a pond at Dakshin Khidirpur village of Latabdi union under Sirajdikhan upazila today. The deceased was identified as Ayatul Khan, son of Zahid Khan, a resident of the village.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, Officer-in-Charge of Sirajdikhan Police Station Md. Shahed Al Mamun reported that the child left home around 8 am in search of his grandmother and accidentally fell into a pond next to the house. After rescuing him, family members took him to the upazila health complex, where the on-duty doctor declared him dead.