Police have recovered the body of an 11-year-old boy from a pond in Shaheed Matiur Park in Dhaka’s Gulistan. On Tuesday afternoon, after receiving information through the national emergency service 999, Paltan police Sub-Inspector (SI) Abu Yusuf said the body was recovered from the pond with the help of the Fire Service. Yusuf said, “The child was rescued with the help of a Fire Service diving team and was brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) around 6:30pm, where doctors declared him dead. “The child went to bathe in the pond with two other children. “The body has been kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy.”The SI also said the child’s attire suggests he was a madrasa student, and efforts are currently under way to identify him.

Source: bd News24 July 08, 2025 15:47 UTC