An 11-year-old girl has drowned while bathing in the Ataro Beki river in Khulna, police said on Friday.

The deceased was identified as Bushra, daughter of Shahabur Rahman of Chandpur village under Rupsha upazila.

Locals said that Bushra was bathing in the river with her family members around 1pm on Thursday.

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At one stage, the girl slipped into deep water and went missing. Locals fished out her body around 8pm, police said. 

The girl was immediately rushed to Rupsha upazila health complex, where doctors declared her dead on arrival.