A five-year-old child drowned in a pond at Demnarpar area of Chilamari upazila in Kurigram district on Monday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Alamin, 5, son of Bokul Mia, resident of Demnarpar area of Chilamari upazila.
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Md Hareshul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Chilmari Model Police Station, said getting no whereabouts of Alamin for a long time, his family started to search for him and found the floating body of Alamin.
Later, he was taken to a local hospital where the doctors declared him dead.
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