A 20-year-old youth drowned in the capital's Jurain area on Sunday evening.
The deceased was identified as Kamal Hossain, son of Aslam of Holudia village in Munshiganj district. He used to live in a rented house in Kadamtoli area.
Kamal suddenly fell into the canal next to Zurain Biri Factory under Kadmatoli police station at 7:10 pm.
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Jamal Hossain, brother of the victim, rescued him and took him to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead at 7:30 pm.
The body has been kept in the mortuary in the emergency department for post-mortem, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) police outpost.
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