Police recovered the body of a five-year-old boy from a pond on Thursday, two days after he went missing in Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram.
The deceased was identified as Tahmid, son of Alam, a resident of Ward-1 of Puichhari Union of the upazila.
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Tahmid's uncle Upazila Parishad, Vice Chairman Imran, said, Tahmid had been missing since Tuesday afternoon. Locals found the body floating in the pond near the house on Thursday morning.
The family claimed that he was killed and that his body was thrown into the pond.
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Banshkhali Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Tofail Ahmed said, the body was sent to Chittagong Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.